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one of the central subjects in philosophy. It is also one of the
largest. Truth has been a topic of discussion in its own right
for thousands of years. Moreover, a huge variety of issues in
philosophy relate to truth, either by relying on theses about
truth, or implying theses about truth. It would be impossible to
survey all there is to say about truth in any coherent way.
Instead, this essay will concentrate on the main themes in the
study of truth in the contemporary philosophical literature. It
will attempt to survey the key problems and theories of current
interest, and show how they relate to one-another. A number of
other entries investigate many of these topics in greater depth.
Generally, discussion of the principal arguments is left to
them. The goal of this essay is only to provide an overview of
the current Theories. Many of the papers mentioned in this essay
can be found in the anthologies edited by Blackburn and Simmons
(1999) and