A Natureza da Verdade: Teorias e Reflexões
The Nature of Truth: Theories and Reflections
Editors: Ricardo Barroso Batista; Artur Ilharco Galvão
2023, Volume 79, No. 3
DOI https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2023_79_3_0000
| Editor | Ricardo Barroso Batista |
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| Editor | Artur Ilharco Galvão |
| Rights | © 2023 Aletheia - Associação Científica e Cultural | © 2023 Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia |
| Publication | Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Place | Braga |
| Publisher | Axioma - Publicações da Faculdade de Filosofia |
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ISBN |
9789726973706 (Paperback) ; 9789726973713 (eBook) |
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ISSN |
0870-5283; 2183-461X |
| Date | 2023 |
| DOI | 10.17990/RPF/2023_79_1_0000 |
| Language | Portuguese, English, Italian |
| # of Pages | 450 |
| Date Added | 31/10/2023 |
| Modified | 31/10/2023 |
| Presentation |
Truth is one of the main concepts of Philosophy, some even consider it the most important of all (W. Künne). This concept is also a foundation for other philosophical concepts. Some of them even depend intrinsically on it, such as the concepts of belief (to believe in something is to believe this something is true), knowledge (if you know something then that something is true), fact (facts are what make our statements true), existence (true reality is the external world that exists) and modality (there are propositions that can be true in all possible worlds), among many others. Truth is also a crucial concept for other domains. Science is said to be the search for the truth of the Natural World and the good life is said to be the pursuit of the good (Aristotle). If one considers that the good and the just are objects of knowledge (R. Campbell), then, there could be no good or justice without truth, insofar as knowledge needs truth. Also, our confidence in the robustness of western political and social institutions has always rested on truth. Unfortunately, this basis, which is the foundation of trust and, therefore, of the robustness of our institutions, is being eroded by external forces, deniers and nihilists, by undermining the concept of Truth, endangering in that way the democratic model (H. Frankfurt). The troubled events we have recently experienced – the raise of populisms, conspiracy theories, pandemic skepticism, the conflict in Ukraine not only in the battleground but also in the info space – could, to some extent, make us question whether, in fact, there is still any theoretical interest in “truth”. As several authors have noted, it seems that today we live in a society of “post-truth” (A. Szakolczai) or “veritophobia” (A. Goldman), where lies are tolerated and facts ignored. Also, for this reason, understanding what truth is by reflecting on its nature and function, from the most sophisticated conceptual schemes to its most everyday uses, seems to be a philosophical task of the utmost importance. This is why the Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia has decided to dedicate this special issue to the subject of truth.
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Ricardo Barroso Batista and Artur Ilharco Galvão, “The Nature of Truth: Theories and Reflections,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 79, no. 3 (2023): 839–48, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2023_79_3_0839.
Junyeol Kim, “Frege’s Conception of Truth as an Object and the Fregean Picture of Knowledge,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 79, no. 3 (2023): 851–72, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2023_79_3_0851.
Mitch Thiessen, “The Crowning of Anarchy, Remarks on the Age of Pure Difference,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 79, no. 3 (2023): 873–916, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2023_79_3_0873.
Andrea Strollo, “Truth and the Metaphysics of Semantic and Logical Notions,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 79, no. 3 (2023): 917–36, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2023_79_3_0917.
Marco Simionato, “A ‘Modest’ Primitivist Theory of Truth: The Ineffability of Truth, Effability of the Correspondence Relation,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 79, no. 3 (2023): 937–64, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2023_79_3_0937.
Ricardo Tavares da Silva, “Verdade e Existência: Duas Espécies do Mesmo Género,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 79, no. 3 (2023): 965–1000, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2023_79_3_0965.
Joseph Ulatowski, “Is Correspondence Truth One or Many?,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 79, no. 3 (2023): 1003–22, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2023_79_3_1003.
Bo Mou, “A Holistic Double-Reference Explanatory Basis for a Unifying Pluralist Account of Truth,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 79, no. 3 (2023): 1023–66, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2023_79_3_1023.
Arvid Båve, “Truth-Deflationism and Truth-Theoretic Semantics: One Way to Make Them Clash,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 79, no. 3 (2023): 1067–72, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2023_79_3_1067.
Marc Champagne, “Illusory Signs as Frustrated Expectations: Undoing Descartes’ Overblown Response,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 79, no. 3 (2023): 1073–96, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2023_79_3_1073.
Antonio Di Chiro, “La «verità come indefinito differirsi del reale». Le ragioni del realismo pluralistico,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 79, no. 3 (2023): 1097–1128, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2023_79_3_1097.
Fritz McDonald, “Rawls, Truth, and Minimalism,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 79, no. 3 (2023): 1131–42, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2023_79_3_1131.
David Inglis and Anna-Mari Almila, “Fabricating the Truth About Bruno Latour(s),” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 79, no. 3 (2023): 1143–62, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2023_79_3_1143.
Barry Allen, “Time for Truth: Tarski Between Heidegger and Rorty,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 79, no. 3 (2023): 1163–74, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2023_79_3_1163.
Piet Strydom, “Three Interpretations of Habermas’s Theory of Truth,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 79, no. 3 (2023): 1175–90, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2023_79_3_1175.
Jorge F. Teixeira Lopes, “Deus, consciência e gnosticismo na actual filosofia da religião: algumas orientações tomistas,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 79, no. 3 (2023): 1193–1220, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2023_79_3_1193.
Gabriele De Angelis, “Hospitalidade e conflito: o problema do ‘reconhecimento’ no acolhimento de refugiados,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 79, no. 3 (2023): 1221–46, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2023_79_3_1221.
Andreas Gonçalves Lind, “Book Review - Gilbert, Paul. Dalla ragione allo spirito. La dinamica affettiva del conoscere umano. Roma: Stamen, 2023,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 79, no. 3 (2023): 1249–56, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2023_79_3_1249.
Ricardo Barroso Batista, “Book Review - Bell, Jeffrey A.. An Inquiry into Analytic-Continental Metaphysics: Truth, Relevance and Metaphysics. Intersections in Continental and Analytic Philosophy. Edimburgo: Edinburgh University Press, 2022,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 79, no. 3 (2023): 1257–64, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2023_79_3_1257. |
