Truth as the Good of Logic

Pragmatic theories of truth enter on a stage set by the philosophies of former ages, with special reference to the Ancient Greeks, the Scholastics, and Immanuel Kant.  Recalling a few elements of that background can provide valuable insight into the play of ideas as they have developed up through our time.  Because pragmatic ideas about truth are often confused with a number of quite distinct notions it is useful say a few words about those other theories and to highlight the points of significant contrast.

In one classical formulation, truth is defined as the good of logic, where logic is classed as a normative science, in other words, an inquiry into a good or value which seeks to arrive at knowledge of it and the means to achieve it.  In that view, truth cannot be discussed to much effect outside the context of inquiry, knowledge, and logic, all very broadly conceived.

Resources

• Logic Syllabus
• Pragmatic Maxim
• Truth Theory
• Pragmatic Theory Of Truth
  • Document History
• Correspondence Theory Of Truth

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