SIMPLIFYING ALETHIC PLURALISM

• Published in: The Southern journal of philosophy Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 28 - 48
• Main Author: Edwards, Douglas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.03.2011; Wiley; Southern Journal of Philosophy
• Subjects: Endorsements; Linguistics; Multiculturalism & pluralism; Philosophical logics. Philosophy of language; Philosophy; Truth; Wright (C.); Pluralism; Alethic; Truth

What is truth? What precisely is it that truths have that falsehoods lack? Pluralists about truth (or “alethic pluralists”) tend to answer these questions by saying that there is more than one way for a proposition, sentence, belief—or any chosen truth‐bearer—to be true. In this paper, I argue that...