Philosophy 363

What is truth? What are truths? How is truth related to meaning? Is moral truth the same kind of thing as scientific truth? What is reality? What does it mean to be a realist or an anti-realist? Can something be true for me but not true for you? Can something be real for me but not real for you? Can truth outstrip reality? How is truth related to fiction? How is fiction related to reality? And what to say about sentences like, ‘this sentence is not true’?

Students who are not sure whether or not they will be interested in the content of the course might take a look at the following articles from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, to get a sense of what we will be discussing:

• Truth, Realism, Relativism, Facts, Propositions, Liar Paradox.