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Encountering reality : T.F. Torrance on truth and human understanding / Travis M. Stevick.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Emerging scholarsDescription: x, 225 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781506412917
  • 1506412912
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BX4827.T67 S74 2016
Contents:
What is (authentic) knowledge? -- Ultimate beliefs -- Objectivity -- What does it mean to speak Kata Physin? : the question of truth -- What is the role of theory in Kataphysic knowledge?
Summary: Encountering reality argues for a new appreciation of T.F. Torrance on epistemology and reality. Torrance emphasizes the distinction between truth and truthfulness, reorienting the discussion from a focus on statements to being. This shift challenges the dichotomy between correspondence and coherence theories of truth.
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Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of St Andrews, 2015 under title: Kata physin : a critical exploration of the epistemology of T.F. Torrance as it relates to the philosophy of theological and natural science.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-220) and index.

What is (authentic) knowledge? -- Ultimate beliefs -- Objectivity -- What does it mean to speak Kata Physin? : the question of truth -- What is the role of theory in Kataphysic knowledge?

Encountering reality argues for a new appreciation of T.F. Torrance on epistemology and reality. Torrance emphasizes the distinction between truth and truthfulness, reorienting the discussion from a focus on statements to being. This shift challenges the dichotomy between correspondence and coherence theories of truth.

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