Filosofía de la Verdad (The Philosophy of Truth)

Ibercampus (April 26, 2010)

6 Pages Posted: 15 Feb 2015 Last revised: 10 Apr 2016

Date Written: 2010

Abstract

Spanish abstract: Comentamos la concepción historicista-relativista de la verdad presentada por G. E. R. Lloyd, relacionándola con las teorías pragmáticas de la verdad formuladas por William James, con la perspectiva interaccionista simbólica de G. H. Mead, y de modo más general con otras teorías constructivistas y semioticistas de la verdad y de la realidad. Esta concepción de la verdad podría resumirse con la aserción de que "no existen tribunales de última instancia para determinar la verdad de las cosas", pero que eso no impide la producción constante de "efectos de verdad" locales con contextos específicos.

English abstract: A commentary of G.E.R. Lloyd's historicist-relativist conception of truth, relating it to the pragmaticist theories of truth formulated by William James, to the symbolic interactionist perspective of G. H. Mead, and more generally to constructivist and semioticist conceptions of truth and reality. This conception of truth could be summarized with the statement that "there are no courts of last appeal to determine the truth of the matter", but does that not preclude the constant generation of local "truth-effects" in specific contexts.

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Keywords: Truth, Pragmatism, Epistemology, Philosophy, Interactionalism,

Suggested Citation

Garcia Landa, Jose Angel, Filosofía de la Verdad (The Philosophy of Truth) (2010). Ibercampus (April 26, 2010), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2565014

Jose Angel Garcia Landa (Contact Author)

Universidad de Zaragoza ( email )

Gran Via 2
Zaragoza, 50005
Spain

HOME PAGE: http://www.garcialanda.net

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