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| Truth, philosophy: a property of sentences, not a property of utterances because utterances are events. See also truth conditions, truth definition, truth functions, truth predicate, truth table, truth theory, truth value, correspondence theory, coherence theory.
The most diverse approaches claim to define or explain truth, or to assert their fundamental indefinability.
A. Linguistic-oriented theories presuppose either a match of statements with extracts of the world or a consistency with other statements. See also truth theory, truth definition, theory of meaning, correspondence theory, coherence theory, facts, circumstances, paradoxes, semantics, deflationism, disquotationalism, criteria, evidence.
B. Action-oriented truth theories take a future realization of states as the standard, which should be reconciled with an aspired ideal. See also reality, correctness, pragmatism, idealization, ideas.
C. Truth-oriented theories of art attribute qualities to works of art under certain circumstances which reveal the future realization of ideal assumed social conditions. See also emphatic truth, fiction, art, works of art.
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Nicholas Rescher on Truth - Dictionary of Arguments
In Skirbekk, Wahrheitstheorien, Frankfurt 1996 I 22 Truth/Rescher: Correspondence: determines the definition. Coherence determines the criterion of truth. Because coherence is not an absolute criterion, it does not also determine the definition. >Truth definition, >Truth criterion, >Definition. I 337 Truth/Rescher: there are two possibilities to explicate truth of proposition: 1. by Def of "true" as characteristic of proposition - 2. Criteria for the test conditions, whether it is justified to use "true". >Verification, >Verification conditions, >Criteria. Criteria do not matter - e. g. acid test does not say what it means to be an acid. - The meaning of "highly intelligent" has little to do with the answers to the test questions. - Knowledge about the atomic structure does not help to know if something is gold - knowing the definition does not help to apply the term. >Meaning, >Knowledge._____________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. |
Resch I Nicholas Rescher The Criteriology of Truth; Fundamental Aspects of the Coherence Theory of Truth, in: The Coherence Theory of Truth, Oxford 1973 - dt. Auszug: Die Kriterien der Wahrheit In Wahrheitstheorien, Gunnar Skirbekk, Frankfurt/M. 1977 Resch II N. Rescher Kant and the Reach of Reason: Studies in Kant’ s Theory of Rational Systematization Cambridge 2010 |
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