The Logic of Truth

The Logic of Truth confronts the epistemological foundations on which contemporary relativism is built. Slattery argues that the combined thought of St. Thomas and Livi is a compelling way to argue for the validity of immediate realism and the existence of absolute truths intrinsic to the structure of the human mode of knowing. Moreover, his conclusions imply the logical incoherence of the philosophies of Descartes, Kant, Hegel, and the anti-realist Transcendental "Thomism" that...
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The Logic of Truth confronts the epistemological foundations on which contemporary relativism is built. Slattery argues that the combined thought of St. Thomas and Livi is a compelling way to argue for the validity of immediate realism and the existence of absolute truths intrinsic to the structure of the human mode of knowing. Moreover, his conclusions imply the logical incoherence of the philosophies of Descartes, Kant, Hegel, and the anti-realist Transcendental "Thomism" that epistemologically precludes the metaphysics of being and thereby the rational foundations of Catholic theology."Some Italian scholars...have already tried to give a synthetic overview of my philosophy of alethic logic. William Slattery is the first non-Italian scholar to do so, and I sincerely think that his attempt is the best, both for completeness and intellectual depth...".‒ Msgr. Antonio Livi, Dean Emeritus of the Faculty of Philosophy, Lateran University, Rome. "Fr. William J. Slattery gives us a clear, rigorous, deep, and complete study of the questions raised by one of the most interesting philosophical currents of our times..." ‒ Professor Dario Sacchi, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan."The alethic logic of Livi and Slattery is unique, based explicitly on sound philosophical analyses. The Logic of Truth, I believe, will reward the reader with important insights in the tradition of the 'greater' logic. ‒ Dr. Walter B. Redmond, philosopher, Austin, Texas. "Readers will better understand the relevance of Livi's philosophy thanks to The Logic of Truth placing it in its historical context and by its analysis of the chief objections raised against it. Furthermore, Slattery succeeds in the gigantic task of thoroughly comparing Livi's alethic logic with Aquinas's theory of knowledge, something that others had only partially done. This was long overdue, and Slattery accomplishes it with analytic depth and great accuracy, providing us with an excellent tool not only to introduce us to Livi's philosophy, but also to render explicit St. Thomas's position vis-à-vis critical realism." ‒ Professor Thomas Rego, Catholic University of La Plata, Argentina.