John S. Pletz

Finding and Confirming Truth

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Pletz explains that truth is more than mere affirmation. It also is the conclusion reached when we have effectively confirmed that an assertion accurately depicts the facts that it describes. He also discusses the process used in identifying and verifying factual truth.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 212g
• ISBN-13: 9780761850588
• ISBN-10: 0761850589
• Artikelnr.: 29985594

Autorenporträt

John S. Pletz is also the author of Being Ethical; First, Do No Unjust Harm: Recognizing and Confronting Evil; and Terrorism and Moral Condemnation: Why Indiscriminate Lethal Terrorist Acts Are Evil.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Part I: The Confirmation of Truth
Chapter 2 Chapter 1: Is Confirmation Necessary?
Chapter 3 Chapter 2: The Means for Finding and Confirming Truth
Chapter 4 Chapter 3: Confirming the Means
Chapter 5 Chapter 4: Confirmation and Certainty
Part 6 Part II: The Process of Finding and Confirming Truth
Chapter 7 Chapter 5: The Steps Involved in Finding and Confirming Truth
Chapter 8 Part III: So; What is Truth?
Chapter 9 Chapter 6: The Basic Definition of "Truth"
Chapter 10 Chapter 7: Using the Concept of Truth
Chapter 11 Index