Michael Lynch is Professor of Philosophy

Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...

 at the University of Connecticut

University of Connecticut

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 and Associate Fellow of the Arché Centre

Arché (research center)

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 for Logic, Language, Metaphysics and Epistemology at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He is the author of Truth in Context (MIT Press, 1998) and True to Life (MIT Press, 2004)

Lynch is most well known for his pluralist theory of truth

Pluralist theory of truth

A pluralist theory of truth is a theory of truth which posits that there may be more than one property that makes a proposition true.Most traditional theories of truth are monist: that is, they hold that there is one and only property the having of which makes a belief or proposition true....

. His work on the value of truth has also attracted attention, including critical reactions from philosophers ranging from Marian David to Richard Rorty

Richard Rorty

Richard McKay Rorty was an American philosopher. He had a long and diverse academic career, including positions as Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton, Kenan Professor of Humanities at the University of Virginia, and Professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford University...

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