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Forms of Truth and the Unity of Knowledge addresses a philosophical subject—the nature of truth and knowledge—but treats it in a way that draws on insights beyond the usual confines of modern philosophy. This ambitious collection includes contributions from established scholars in philosophy, theology, mathematics, chemistry, biology, psychology, literary criticism, history, and architecture. It represents an attempt to integrate the insights of these disciplines and to help them probe their own basic presuppositions and methods.
 
The essays in Forms of Truth and the Unity of Knowledge are collected into five parts, the first dealing with division of knowledge into multiple disciplines in Western intellectual history; the second with the foundational disciplines of epistemology, logic, and mathematics; the third with explanation in the natural sciences; the fourth with truth and understanding in disciplines of the humanities; and the fifth with art and theology.

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  1. Frontmatter
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  1. Title page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-viii
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  1. Introduction
  2. Vittorio Hösle
  3. pp. 1-26
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  1. Part I: The Historical Development of the Tree of Knowledge
  1. Chapter One: How Did the Western Culture Subdivide Its Various Forms of Knowledge and Justify Them? Historical Reflections on the Metamorphoses of the Tree of Knowledge
  2. Vittorio Hösle
  3. pp. 29-70
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  1. Part II: Epistemology, Logic, and Mathematics
  1. Chatper Two: Intuition and Coherence in the Keystone Loop
  2. Keith Lehrer
  3. pp. 73-88
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  1. Chapter Three: What Is the Nature of Inference?
  2. Robert Hanna
  3. pp. 89-101
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  1. Chapter Four: Speculation and Narration in Mathematics
  2. Laurent Lafforgue
  3. pp. 102-112
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  1. Part III: Explanation in the Natural Sciences
  1. Chapter Five: A Molecular Glimpse of How Mother Nature Can Regulate Our Being
  2. Thomas Nowak
  3. pp. 115-139
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  1. Chapter Six: What Light Does Biology Shed on the Social Sciences and the Humanities?
  2. Francisco J. Ayala
  3. pp. 140-158
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  1. Chapter Seven: What Is the Nature of Perception?
  2. Zygmunt Pizlo
  3. pp. 159-178
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  1. Part IV: Introspection and Understanding in the Humanities
  1. Chapter Eight: Is Introspection (a First-Person Perspective) Indispensable in Psychology?
  2. Osborne Wiggins
  3. pp. 181-194
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  1. Chapter Nine: Could Normative Insights Be Sources of Normative Knowledge?
  2. Allan Gibbard
  3. pp. 195-215
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  1. Chapter Ten: Truth and Knowledge in Literary Interpretation
  2. Carsten Dutt
  3. pp. 216-231
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  1. Chapter Eleven: Historical Truth
  2. Aviezer Tucker
  3. pp. 232-259
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  1. Chapter Twelve: Truth and Unity in Chinese Traditional Historiography
  2. Nicola Di Cosmo
  3. pp. 260-286
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  1. Part V: Art and Religion
  1. Chapter Thirteen: The Architecture School within the University
  2. Michael Lykoudis
  3. pp. 289-299
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  1. Chapter Fourteen: How Is Theology Inspired by the Sciences?
  2. Celia Deane-Drummond
  3. pp. 300-323
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  1. About the Contributors
  2. pp. 324-331
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 332-356
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