Truth empiricism
Naturalistic philosophers aim to understand the world on the basis of science. A naturalist takes empirical evidence to be the ultimate arbiter of our beliefs. As naturalists, our investigations of the nature of truth itself should respect this empiricist methodology. In this essay, I argue that...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Others |
| Language: | en |
| Published: |
2014
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26445 |
| id |
ndltd-UTEXAS-oai-repositories.lib.utexas.edu-2152-26445 |
|---|---|
| record_format |
oai_dc |
| spelling |
ndltd-UTEXAS-oai-repositories.lib.utexas.edu-2152-264452015-09-20T17:26:49ZTruth empiricismAnderson, Derek E.TruthEmpiricismPhilosophy of sciencePhilosophy of languageNaturalistic philosophers aim to understand the world on the basis of science. A naturalist takes empirical evidence to be the ultimate arbiter of our beliefs. As naturalists, our investigations of the nature of truth itself should respect this empiricist methodology. In this essay, I argue that the existence and character of truth are open empirical questions, to be answered by scientific inquiry. I then argue against an a priori proof of the existence of truth.text2014-10-10T15:13:03Z2014-052014-08-12May 20142014-10-10T15:13:03ZThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/26445en |
| collection |
NDLTD |
| language |
en |
| format |
Others
|
| sources |
NDLTD |
| topic |
Truth Empiricism Philosophy of science Philosophy of language |
| spellingShingle |
Truth Empiricism Philosophy of science Philosophy of language Anderson, Derek E. Truth empiricism |
| description |
Naturalistic philosophers aim to understand the world on the basis of science. A naturalist takes empirical evidence to be the ultimate arbiter of our beliefs. As naturalists, our investigations of the nature of truth itself should respect this empiricist methodology. In this essay, I argue that the existence and character of truth are open empirical questions, to be answered by scientific inquiry. I then argue against an a priori proof of the existence of truth. === text |
| author |
Anderson, Derek E. |
| author_facet |
Anderson, Derek E. |
| author_sort |
Anderson, Derek E. |
| title |
Truth empiricism |
| title_short |
Truth empiricism |
| title_full |
Truth empiricism |
| title_fullStr |
Truth empiricism |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Truth empiricism |
| title_sort |
truth empiricism |
| publishDate |
2014 |
| url |
http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26445 |
| work_keys_str_mv |
AT andersondereke truthempiricism |
| _version_ |
1716824046049427456 |