What is truth? Michael Lynch defends a bold new answer to this question. Traditional theories hold that all truths are true in the same way. More recent theories claim that the concept of truth is of no real importance. Lynch argues against both these extremes: truth is a functional property whose function can be performed in more than one way.

• Preface


• 1: Truisms


• 2: Truth as One


• 3: Truth as Many


• 4: Truth as One and Many


• 5: Deflationism and Explanation


• 6: Expanding the view: Semantic Functionalism


• 7: Truth and the Moral Fabric

Michael P. Lynch is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut, Storrs.