Foster on Truth Theory - Philosophy Lexicon of Arguments

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Truth Theory, philosophy: In truth theories, the question is whether and how truth is to be defined. Roughly differentiated are A. Theories on the correspondence of statements with facts (correspondence theories). B. Theories of internal consistency within a system of statements (coherence theories). See also truth definition, truth, truth values, truth predicate, deflationism, disquotationalism, disquotation. _____________ 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.

Foster, J.A. Books on Amazon	Truth Theory	EMD II 18 truth theory / Foster: can serve as meaning theory, when you know that it is a truth theory, (knowledge-that) - first understand the sentence, 2nd know that it is a translation that is sufficient. (Davidson s own revision) . _____________ 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.	J. Foster II Evans/McDowell (Hg) Truth and Meaning, Oxford 1977 J.Foster Thruth and meaning theory EMD II G. Evans/J. McDowell Truth and Meaning Oxford 1977 Ev I G. Evans The Varieties of Reference (Clarendon Paperbacks) Oxford 1989

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