In this accessible and provocative book Mark Richard argues that the performative and expressive can trump the semantic, making truth the wrong dimension for evaluating a sentence. He explains what it is for truth to be relative, rebuts objections to relativism, assesses objections to expressivism, and gives anovel account of matters of taste. INDICE: Introduction; 1: Epithets and Attitudes.; 2: When Truth Gives Out.; 3: What the Emotivist Should Have Said.; 4: What's the Matter with Relativism?; 5: Matters of Taste.; Appendix I. What Can Be Said?; Appendix II. Relativism and Contextualism about Knowledge.; Bibliography; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-958728-5
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 192
- Fecha Publicación: 20/05/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés