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Finding and Confirming Truth
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2010
Summary
Is truth a word we use only to affirm a statement, or is it also something more? In Finding and Confirming Truth, John S. Pletz explains that truth is more than mere affirmation. It also is the conclusion reached when we have effectively confirmed that an assertion accurately depicts the facts that it describes. Following a delineation of the major types of inferences used in confirming the truth of statements and the justifications for each of them, Pletz discusses the process used in identifying and verifying factual truth. That process includes the critical step of assessing the degree of certainty we have in a confirmed assertion, which the author contends must be ascertained before we should conclude that any statement is true. Finally, Pletz employs this confirmation framework and process in seeking the truth of the concept of truth itself.
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Edition
1/2010
Copyright Year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-5058-8
ISBN-Online
978-0-7618-5059-5
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
134
Product Type
Monograph
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Chapter One. Is Confirmation Necessary? No access
Chapter Two. The Means for Finding and Confirming Truth No access
Chapter Three. Confirming the Means No access
Chapter Four. Confirmation and Certainty No access
Chapter Five. The Steps Involved in Finding and Confirming Truth No access
Chapter Six. The Basic Definition of “Truth” No access
Chapter Seven. Using the Concept of Truth No access
