Content: Axiomatic theories of truth -- On the shoulders of giants -- The disquotational theory -- Deflationism -- The compositional theory -- Conservativeness and deflationism -- Maximizing classical compositionality -- Kripke's theory axiomatized -- Truth and philosophy.
Leon Horsten investigates the relationship between formal theories of truth and contemporary philosophical approaches to truth. He unwinds the crystal maze of the nature of truth to unveil a unified theory.
New frontiers in truth
Although philosophers have been concerned with truth since at least the age of Plato, the last thirty years have witnessed a veritable explosion of the philosophical debate on this topic. The touchpaper which lit the fuse for this was undoubtedly the Deflationist Renaissance (ha…
New frontiers in truth
« Although philosophers have been concerned with truth since at least the age of Plato, the last thirty years have witnessed a veritable explosion of the philosophical debate on this topic. The touchpaper which lit the fuse for this was undoubtedly the Deflationist Renaissance (…
New frontiers in truth
New frontiers in truth
Although philosophers have been concerned with truth since at least the age of Plato, the last thirty years have witnessed a veritable explosion of the philosophical debate on this topic. The touchpaper which lit the fuse for this was undoubtedly the Deflationist Renaissance (ha…