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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.
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Wittgenstein, Ludwig   Books on Amazon	Truth Theory	II 95 Truth/truth theory/Wittgenstein: is not a concept. - Therefore, there is no truth theory. --- II 96 Reason: to help you decide e.g. between physical theories, one needs a lot of empirical evidence. - In this truth is applied. - (So to distinguish between theories). - Then there can be no theory of truth. _____________ 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.	W II L. Wittgenstein Vorlesungen 1930-35 Frankfurt 1989 W III L. Wittgenstein Das Blaue Buch - Eine Philosophische Betrachtung Frankfurt 1984 W IV L. Wittgenstein Tractatus Logico Philosophicus Frankfurt/M 1960

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