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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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Scott Soames on Truth Theory - Dictionary of Arguments
I 484 Theory of truth/Tarski/Soames: a theory of truth that needs the concepts of understanding and truth condition is wrong. >Understanding, >Truth conditions. Knowledge of the propositions that are expressed by T-sentences, is neither necessary nor sufficient for understanding the meaning. >Propositions, >Sentences, >Meaning, >Formal language, >Formal speech, >Formalization. Therefore, it is not clear, that what one knows when one understands a language, requires the concept of truth. >Translation. Truth/Soames: is neither a key to ontology nor to representation. >Representation, >Ontology, >Reality, >World, >World/Thinking._____________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. |
Soames I Scott Soames "What is a Theory of Truth?", The Journal of Philosophy 81 (1984), pp. 411-29 In Theories of Truth, Paul Horwich, Aldershot 1994 Soames II S. Soames Understanding Truth Oxford 1999 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-27