Abstract

The function of this thesis is to establish that a certain type of basic epistemological position, concentrating attention on the notion of truth involved, implies certain definite limitations on the further development of this type of position. The plan followed is to outline the argument in general terms in Chapter One, then, to bring home the point in a specific context, I describe the relevant position taken by C. I. Lewis, in the first two books of his "An Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation". [...]