{"product_id":"truth-without-truths-9780198894421","title":"Truth Without Truths","description":"In the context of debates about truth, nihilism is the view that nothing is true. This is a very striking and (at first) implausible thesis, which is perhaps why it is seldom discussed. \u003cem\u003eTruth without Truths\u003c\/em\u003e applies nihilism to the philosophical debates on truth and paradox, and explores how a nihilist approach to truth is a serious contender. David Liggins demonstrates that a strong case for nihilism about truth is available. The main grounds for taking nihilism on truth seriously are the solutions it provides to a wide range of paradoxes involving truth, and its epistemological superiority to theories that posit truths. The discussion considers a wider range of paradoxes than usual-including the truth-teller paradox and other paradoxes of underdetermination. Liggins shows how the debate over truth and paradox can be advanced by drawing on metaphysical debates about realism and anti-realism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eTruth without Truths\u003c\/em\u003e is also a challenge to deflationism. Deflationists provide an austere, metaphysically lightweight account of truth. But there is one posit that all contemporary deflationists make: they posit truths. By showing that we can well do without truths, Liggins argues that deflationism is actually too lavish a position. Liggins's preferred form of alethic nihilism includes a Ramseyan analysis of the concept of truth, which uses quantification into sentence position, conceived of as non-objectual and non-substitutional. This book is part of a wider movement exploring the implications of admitting forms of non-objectual, non-substitutional quantification-sometimes called 'higher-order metaphysics'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Edward Liggins\u003c\/strong\u003e, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy. University of Manchester, United Kingdom \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Liggins studied mathematics at Oxford, before taking a PhD in philosophy at the University of Sheffield. After a year at Cambridge as a researcher, he moved to the University of Manchester, where he is now a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy. His main research interests are in the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mathematics, and metaphysics-especially ontology. Liggins is the author of \u003cem\u003eAbstract Objects\u003c\/em\u003e (in the Cambridge University Press \"Elements\" series, 2024). For several years he has been involved in editing the journal \u003cem\u003eAnalysis\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51181638582546,"sku":"9780198894421","price":104.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b4bd84c0-bf5a-4eac-b3f3-85424ec2e247.jpg?v=1744399241","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/truth-without-truths-9780198894421","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}