Truth and Realism [Paperback]

Is truth objective or relative? What exists independently of our minds? The essays in this book debate these two questions, which are among the oldest of philosophical issues and have vexed almost every major philosopher, from Plato, to Kant, to Wittgenstein. Fifteen eminent contributors bring fresh perspectives, renewed energy, and original answers to debates of great interest both within philosophy and in the culture at large.

Introduction
I. Truth and Relativism
1. What is Relativism?,Paul Boghossian
2. True Relativism,Crispin Wright
3. Modelling the 'Ordinary View',JC Beall
II. Realism and Antirealism
4. Realism. What's Left?,Michael Williams
5. Scientific Realism,Michael Devitt
6. Scientific Realism as an Issue in Semantics,Christopher Gauker
7. Abundant Truth in an Austere World,Terence Horgan and Matjaz Potrc
8. Context, Vagueness, and Ontology,Mark Richard
III. Methodology and the Nature of the Debates
9. Must Do Better,Timothy Williamson
10. A World Without Isms,Paul Horwich
11. Horwich's World,Marian David
12. Intuitions and Truth,Ernest Sosa
13. Trusting Intuitions,Michael P. Lynch
14. Truth and Realism: Remarks at St Andrews,Richard Rorty