Books by Israel (Harvard University Scheffler

Worlds of Truth develops a thorough and broad philosophy of knowledge, encompassing justification, truth, and metaphysics. It opposes a foundational view of knowledge while defending categorical truth, denying certainty and eschewing absolutism.

In this important and broad-ranging book, Israel Scheffler explores the various ways in which the mind functions symbolically. The book offers an integrated treatment of ambiguity and metaphor, analyses of play and ritual, and an extended discussion of the relations between scientific symbol systems and reality.