Frederick F. Schmitt is Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University. He is the author of Knowledge and Belief (1992), Truth: A Primer (1995), and the editor of Socializing Epistemology (1994) and Socializing Metaphysics (2003).

"Theories of Truth contains a judicious set of readings representing the core positions in the field together with a critical introduction that is comprehensive, balanced, and penetrating. This will be an enormously useful reader." Alvin I. Goldman, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

• Acknowledgements. Truth: An Introduction: Frederick F. Schmitt.Part I: Pragmatist Theories of Truth:.1. How To Make Our Ideas Clear: Charles Sanders Peirce.2. Pragmatism’s Conception of Truth: William James.Part II: Coherence Theories of Truth:.3. On the Nature of Truth: Bertrand Russell.4. In Defense of the Coherence Theory of Truth: Francis Dauer.Part III: Correspondence Theories of Truth:.5. The Semantic Conception of Truth and the Foundations of Semantics: Alfred Tarski.6. Tarski’s Theory of Truth: Hartry Field.7. Truth and Language-World Connections: Dorothy Grover.8. The Explanatory Role of Correspondence Truth: Philip Kitcher.Part IV: Deflationary Theories of Truth:.9. A Prosentential Theory of Truth: Dorothy L. Grover, Joseph L. Camp, Jr. and Nuel D. Belnap, Jr.10. Deflationist Views of Meaning and Content: Hartry Field.11. Minimalism: Anil Gupta.Truth: A Bibliography: Kevin Kimble and Frederick F. Schmitt.Index.

Frederick F. Schmitt is Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University. He is the author of Knowledge and Belief (1992), Truth: A Primer (1995), and the editor of Socializing Epistemology (1994) and Socializing Metaphysics (2003).

"Theories of Truth contains a judicious set of readings representing the core positions in the field together with a critical introduction that is comprehensive, balanced, and penetrating. This will be an enormously useful reader." Alvin I. Goldman, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

• Acknowledgements. Truth: An Introduction: Frederick F. Schmitt.Part I: Pragmatist Theories of Truth:.1. How To Make Our Ideas Clear: Charles Sanders Peirce.2. Pragmatism’s Conception of Truth: William James.Part II: Coherence Theories of Truth:.3. On the Nature of Truth: Bertrand Russell.4. In Defense of the Coherence Theory of Truth: Francis Dauer.Part III: Correspondence Theories of Truth:.5. The Semantic Conception of Truth and the Foundations of Semantics: Alfred Tarski.6. Tarski’s Theory of Truth: Hartry Field.7. Truth and Language-World Connections: Dorothy Grover.8. The Explanatory Role of Correspondence Truth: Philip Kitcher.Part IV: Deflationary Theories of Truth:.9. A Prosentential Theory of Truth: Dorothy L. Grover, Joseph L. Camp, Jr. and Nuel D. Belnap, Jr.10. Deflationist Views of Meaning and Content: Hartry Field.11. Minimalism: Anil Gupta.Truth: A Bibliography: Kevin Kimble and Frederick F. Schmitt.Index.

Frederick F. Schmitt is Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University. He is the author of Knowledge and Belief (1992), Truth: A Primer (1995), and the editor of Socializing Epistemology (1994) and Socializing Metaphysics (2003).

"Theories of Truth contains a judicious set of readings representing the core positions in the field together with a critical introduction that is comprehensive, balanced, and penetrating. This will be an enormously useful reader." Alvin I. Goldman, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

• Acknowledgements. Truth: An Introduction: Frederick F. Schmitt.Part I: Pragmatist Theories of Truth:.1. How To Make Our Ideas Clear: Charles Sanders Peirce.2. Pragmatism’s Conception of Truth: William James.Part II: Coherence Theories of Truth:.3. On the Nature of Truth: Bertrand Russell.4. In Defense of the Coherence Theory of Truth: Francis Dauer.Part III: Correspondence Theories of Truth:.5. The Semantic Conception of Truth and the Foundations of Semantics: Alfred Tarski.6. Tarski’s Theory of Truth: Hartry Field.7. Truth and Language-World Connections: Dorothy Grover.8. The Explanatory Role of Correspondence Truth: Philip Kitcher.Part IV: Deflationary Theories of Truth:.9. A Prosentential Theory of Truth: Dorothy L. Grover, Joseph L. Camp, Jr. and Nuel D. Belnap, Jr.10. Deflationist Views of Meaning and Content: Hartry Field.11. Minimalism: Anil Gupta.Truth: A Bibliography: Kevin Kimble and Frederick F. Schmitt.Index.