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Acting truly

Richard J. Campbell

pp. 100-124

Abstract

Our investigation of autonomous life has justified a graduated concept of action applicable to the entire biological domain. And the logical structure of actions validates three related senses in which an action can be true: it can succeed in doing what it aims to accomplish; the functional indications which render it appropriate can be reliable; and its dynamic presuppositions can be correct. Our analysis thus demonstrates how truth is grounded in the category of action.

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Campbell Richard J. (2011) The concept of truth. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.

Pages: 100-124

DOI: 10.1057/9780230307803_5

Full citation:

Campbell Richard J. (2011) Acting truly, In: The concept of truth, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 100–124.