Background
Schmitt, Frederick Francis was born on April 20, 1951 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
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In this wide-ranging collection of never before published essays, distinguished scholars in the fields of philosophy and economics examine such questions as whether testimony is a basic source of knowledge, the degree to which notions of a good argument are determined by speakers and their audiences, the role of individual biases in the development of science, and the social aspects of group belief and group justification. The collection ends with the first comprehensive bibliography of social epistemology.
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( The concept of truth lies at the heart of philosophy; w...)
The concept of truth lies at the heart of philosophy; whether one approaches it from epistemology or metaphysics, from the philosophy of language or the philosophy of science or religion, one must come to terms with the nature of truth.In this brisk introduction, Frederick Schmitt covers all the most important historical and contemporary theories of truth. Along the way he also sheds considerable light on such closely related issues as realism and idealism, absolutism and relativism, and the nature of contemporary pragmatism.At a time when it is fashionable for scholars outside of philosophy to deny the possibility of truth, Schmitt’s lucid, technically accurate survey offers the easiest way to understand what is really at stake in such denials.Truth: A Primer is a quick but accurate and philosophically sophisticated overview that will prove invaluable to philosophers and their students in a wide range of courses, in particular epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of language.
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Schmitt, Frederick Francis was born on April 20, 1951 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
Bachelor of Science, Syracuse University, 1973; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1976; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1980.
Instructor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1977-1978; Instructor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1978-1980; from assistant professor to professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1980.
(In this wide-ranging collection of never before published...)
( The concept of truth lies at the heart of philosophy; w...)
( The concept of truth lies at the heart of philosophy; w...)
Member American Philosophical Association.
Son of Frederick F. and Elizabeth Linnell (Briggs) S. M.Marcia Wendy Baron, September 9, 1981. 1 child, Mathaniel Jacob.