The Test of Truth
Author : Mary J. Graham
Publisher :
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 25,94 MB
Release : 1831
Category : Apologetics
ISBN :
Is the Market a Test of Truth and Beauty?: Essays in Political Economy
Author : Leland B. Yeager
Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 10,64 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Capitalism
ISBN : 1610164210
Book Description
The Truth about Testing
Author : W. James Popham
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 11,90 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : 0871205238
Book Description
Discusses good and bad student testing, shows teachers how to construct accurate methods of assessment and use their results to teach, and explains how teachers can protect themselves and students by educating parents, policy makers, and others about what kinds of testing are effective.
None of the Above
Author : David Owen
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,12 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Prediction of scholastic success
ISBN : 9780847695072
Book Description
Part devastating expos, part savvy test guide, "None of the Above" demystifies the development of the SAT and offers practical strategies on how to beat the test.
Truth and the Absence of Fact
Author : Hartry Field
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 28,8 MB
Release : 2001-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0199241716
Book Description
Hartry Field presents a selection of thirteen essays on a set of related topics at the foundations of philosophy; one essay is previously unpublished, and eight are accompanied by substantial new postscripts.Five of the essays are primarily about truth, meaning, and propositional attitudes, five are primarily about semantic indeterminacy and other kinds of 'factual defectiveness' in our discourse, and three are primarily about issues concerning objectivity, especially in mathematics and in epistemology. The essays on truth, meaning, and the attitudes show a development from a form of correspondence theory of truth and meaning to a more deflationist perspective.The next set of papers argue that a place must be made in semantics for the idea that there are questions about which there is no fact of the matter, and address the difficulties involved in making sense of this, both within a correspondence theory of truth and meaning, and within a deflationary theory. Two papers argue that there are questions in mathematics about which there is no fact of the mattter, and draw out implications of this for the nature of mathematics. And the final paper arguesfor a view of epistemology in which it is not a purely fact-stating enterprise.This influential work by a key figure in contemporary philosophy will reward the attention of any philosopher interested in language, epistemology, or mathematics.
Tell the Truth
Author : Will Metzger
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 23,20 MB
Release : 2012-12-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830837833
Book Description
In this revised fourth edition of his classic evangelistic work, Will Metzger calls for a rehabilitation of the truth framework necessary for the survival of the Christian message. Metzger's passionate and pragmatic approach provides direction for a new generation of evangelists eager to communicate the whole gospel.
Truth: A Contemporary Reader
Author : Douglas Edwards
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 35,67 MB
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1474213316
Book Description
For the first time Truth: A Contemporary Reader brings together essays that have shaped two aspects of a fundamental philosophical topic: the nature of truth and the value of truth. Featuring 22 essays, this up-to-date reader includes seminal work by leading figures in contemporary analytic philosophy. It charts the development of the central 'grand proposals' about the nature of truth, and subsequently how their influence gradually diminished in face of new theories developed in the 20th and 21st-centuries. The reader also demonstrates how truth is often taken to be valuable in various ways, in particular as the norm of correctness for belief and assertion, and the relationship between truth and other epistemic values. With introductory overviews to each group of related papers complemented by guides to further reading, this reader introduces the central debates, familiarizes students with the most important work in the field and covers pivotal theories of truth including: - correspondence theories - coherentism, pragmatism, verificationism - deflationary, primitivist, and pluralist theories Moreover, by showing how thoughts about truth and value bear heavily on one another, Truth: A Contemporary Reader provides new opportunities for understanding and advancing the link between these central topics. This is an essential collection for anyone studying or working in metaphysics, epistemology, and the philosophy of language today.
Measuring Up
Author : Daniel Koretz
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 47,46 MB
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 0674254988
Book Description
How do you judge the quality of a school, a district, a teacher, a student? By the test scores, of course. Yet for all the talk, what educational tests can and can’t tell you, and how scores can be misunderstood and misused, remains a mystery to most. The complexities of testing are routinely ignored, either because they are unrecognized, or because they may be—well, complicated. Inspired by a popular Harvard course for students without an extensive mathematics background, Measuring Up demystifies educational testing—from MCAS to SAT to WAIS, with all the alphabet soup in between. Bringing statistical terms down to earth, Daniel Koretz takes readers through the most fundamental issues that arise in educational testing and shows how they apply to some of the most controversial issues in education today, from high-stakes testing to special education. He walks readers through everyday examples to show what tests do well, what their limits are, how easily tests and scores can be oversold or misunderstood, and how they can be used sensibly to help discover how much kids have learned.
Truth vs. Falsehood
Author : David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D.
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 17,2 MB
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1401945481
Book Description
Truth Vs. Falsehood a breakthrough in documenting a new era of human knowledge. Only in the last decade has a science of Truth emerged that, for the first time in human history, enables the discernment of truth from falsehood. Presented are discoveries of an enormous amount of crucial and significant information of great importance to mankind, along with calibrations of historical events, cultures, spiritual leaders, media, and more. In this cutting-edge presentation, the author shares with the reader the simple, instantaneous technique that, like litmus paper, differentiates truth from falsehood in a matter of seconds. Truth and Reality, as the author states, have no secrets, and everything that exists now or in the past—even a thought—is identifiable and calibratable forever from the omnipresent field of Consciousness itself.
The Nature of Truth, second edition
Author : Michael P. Lynch
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 769 pages
File Size : 11,24 MB
Release : 2021-03-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0262542064
Book Description
The definitive and essential collection of classic and new essays on analytic theories of truth, revised and updated, with seventeen new chapters. The question "What is truth?" is so philosophical that it can seem rhetorical. Yet truth matters, especially in a "post-truth" society in which lies are tolerated and facts are ignored. If we want to understand why truth matters, we first need to understand what it is. The Nature of Truth offers the definitive collection of classic and contemporary essays on analytic theories of truth. This second edition has been extensively revised and updated, incorporating both historically central readings on truth's nature as well as up-to-the-moment contemporary essays. Seventeen new chapters reflect the current trajectory of research on truth.
