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Redundancy theory: comprises the thesis that nothing is added to a true sentence when it is said that it is true. In other words, each sentence asserts its own truth; the appending of the truth predicate "is true" would thus be redundant. See also judgment, truth theory, truth definition, deflationism, minimalism, disquotationalism, all that he said is true, predication._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Grover, D. L. on Redundancy Theory - Dictionary of Arguments
Horwich I 319 Redundancy TheoryVs/VsProsentential Theory/CGB/Camp, Grover, Belnap: problem: index words: John: "I'm greedy." Mary: "This is true". Here it is not clear if Mary utters a mere repetition. Problem: "every word of Mark could be true": there is no verb for "could". I 342 Redundancy Theory/Prosentential Theory/CGB: GroverVsRedundancy Theory/CGBVsRedundancy Theory: the Prosentential Theory does not show that "is true" is redundant! Not as long as it is involved in prosentences, but rather when it is isolated. >Truth predicate, >"Everything he said is true". >Prosentential theory._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Grover, D. L. Gro I D. Grover, A Prosentential Theory of Thruth, Princeton New Jersey 1992 Kamp/Grover/Belnap D. L. Grover, J L. Camp, N. D. Belnap Philosophical Studies 27 (1) 73 – 125 (1975) See external reference in the individual contributions. Horwich I P. Horwich (Ed.) Theories of Truth Aldershot 1994 |