{"product_id":"what-truth-is-hardcover","title":"What Truth Is - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Jago\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Jago presents and defends a novel theory of what truth is, in terms of the metaphysical notion of truthmaking. This is the relation which holds between a truth and some entity in the world, in virtue of which that truth is true. By coming to an understanding of this relation, he argues, we gain better insight into the metaphysics of truth. The first part of the book discusses the property being true, and how we should understand it in terms of truthmaking. The second part focuses on truthmakers, the worldly entities which make various kinds of truths true, and how they do so. Jago argues for a metaphysics of states of affairs, which account for things having properties and standing in relations. The third part analyses the logic and metaphysics of the truthmaking relation itself, and links it to the metaphysical concept of grounding. The final part discusses consequences of the theory for language and logic. Jago shows how the theory delivers a novel and useful theory of\u003cbr\u003epropositions, the entities which are true or false, depending on how things are. A notable feature of this approach is that it avoids the Liar paradox and other puzzling paradoxes of truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark Jago\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham. He is author of \u003cem\u003eThe Impossible: An Essay on Hyperintensionality \u003c\/em\u003e(OUP 2014) and editor of \u003cem\u003eReality Making \u003c\/em\u003e(OUP 2015).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.6 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 24, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753975120160,"sku":"9780198823810","price":179.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8b788abbb25a14840cb06247eb9a31b4.webp?v=1780030676","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/what-truth-is-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}