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Ideas for Eucleides, Jonathan Dancy and Pascal Engel
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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers
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Are truth-bearers propositions, or ideas/beliefs, or sentences/utterances? [Engel]
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3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 2. Correspondence to Facts
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The redundancy theory gets rid of facts, for 'it is a fact that p' just means 'p' [Engel]
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3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 3. Correspondence Truth critique
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The correspondence theory also has the problem that two sets of propositions might fit the facts equally well [Dancy,J]
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We can't explain the corresponding structure of the world except by referring to our thoughts [Engel]
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3. Truth / D. Coherence Truth / 1. Coherence Truth
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The coherence theory says truth is an internal relationship between groups of truth-bearers [Engel]
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Rescher says that if coherence requires mutual entailment, this leads to massive logical redundancy [Dancy,J]
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If one theory is held to be true, all the other theories appear false, because they can't be added to the true one [Dancy,J]
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3. Truth / D. Coherence Truth / 2. Coherence Truth Critique
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Even with a tight account of coherence, there is always the possibility of more than one set of coherent propositions [Dancy,J]
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Any coherent set of beliefs can be made more coherent by adding some false beliefs [Engel]
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3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 2. Deflationary Truth
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Deflationism seems to block philosophers' main occupation, asking metatheoretical questions [Engel]
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Deflationism cannot explain why we hold beliefs for reasons [Engel]
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3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 3. Minimalist Truth
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Maybe there is no more to be said about 'true' than there is about the function of 'and' in logic [Engel]
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