Knowledge, Truth and Realism : Essays in Philosophical Analysis

by Sen, Pranab Kumar

• ISBN13: 9788185636986
• ISBN10: 8185636982
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-03-30
• Publisher: Coronet Books Inc

Summary

Knowledge, Truth and Realism is a collection of essays written by Pranab Kumar Sen over a period of ten years (from 1989 to 1998). The essays deal mainly with issues in Philosophy of Language and Theory of Knowledge from the standpoint of analytical philosophy. They bring forth Sen's realist philosophical position and his attempt to weave together specific questions concerning meaning, reference, truth, knowledge and objectivity in this realistic framework.
By responding to and by making use of the ideas of Philosophers like, Gottlob Frege, Ludwig Wittgenstein, W. V. Quine, Donald Davidson, Peter Strawson, H. P. Grice, Michael Dummett, John McDowell, Sen develops his distinctive theory of meaning and understanding along with his theory of knowledge/knowing. In doing so he also addresses the larger issue regarding the nature of philosophical analysis. The essays are a testimony to the painstaking and lifelong engagement of the Philosopher with some of the central and contemporary debates in analytical philosophy.

Table of Contents

The paradox of analysis	p. 3
Some problems of knowledge	p. 23
Knowledge and truth	p. 55
Our knowledge of the structure of our own language	p. 65
Truth	p. 73
Aspects of the theory of meaning : some contemporary issues	p. 93
Meaning, reference and realism	p. 114
Objectivity	p. 133
Philosophy, science and ideology	p. 147
Bibliography	p. 161
Index	p. 165
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