One of the most important anglo american philosophers of our time here joins the current philosophical debate about the nature of truth william p alston formulates and defends a realist conception of truth which he calls alethic realism from aletheia greek for truththis idea holds that the truth value of a statement belief or proposition depends on whether what the statement is about . 1 the realist conception of truth is the right way to think of truth in the sense of true in which it applies to beliefs statements and propositions 2 truth is important it is often a matter of considerable import whether a particular bearer of truth value is true or false. William p alston formulates and defends a realist conception of truth which he calls alethic realism from aletheia greek for truth this idea holds that the truth value of a statement belief or proposition depends on whether what the statement is about is as the statement says it is. One of the most important anglo american philosophers of our time here joins the current philosophical debate about the nature of truth william p alston formulates and defends a realist conception of truth which he calls alethic realism from aletheia greek for truth this idea holds that the truth value of a statement belief or proposition depends on whether what the statement is . A realist conception of truth william p alston cornell university press 1996 philosophy 274 pages 0 reviews one of the most important anglo american philosophers of our time here joins the current philosophical debate about the nature of truth with a work likely to claim a place at the very center of the contemporary philosophical