Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Alfred Tarski, Hermann Weyl and David Lewis
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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 2. Defining Truth
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Tarski proved that truth cannot be defined from within a given theory [Tarski, by Halbach]
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In everyday language, truth seems indefinable, inconsistent, and illogical [Tarski]
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Tarski proved that any reasonably expressive language suffers from the liar paradox [Tarski, by Horsten]
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'True sentence' has no use consistent with logic and ordinary language, so definition seems hopeless [Tarski]
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Definitions of truth should not introduce a new version of the concept, but capture the old one [Tarski]
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A definition of truth should be materially adequate and formally correct [Tarski]
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A rigorous definition of truth is only possible in an exactly specified language [Tarski]
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We may eventually need to split the word 'true' into several less ambiguous terms [Tarski]
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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers
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To be true a sentence must express a proposition, and not be ambiguous or vague or just expressive [Lewis]
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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 6. Verisimilitude
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Verisimilitude might be explained as being close to the possible world where the truth is exact [Lewis]
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Verisimilitude has proved hard to analyse, and seems to have several components [Lewis]
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