Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Jonathan Dancy, Richard Jeffrey and Richard L. Kirkham
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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers
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There are at least fourteen candidates for truth-bearers [Kirkham]
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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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3. Truth / D. Coherence Truth / 1. Coherence Truth
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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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3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 1. Tarski's Truth / b. Satisfaction and truth
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A 'sequence' of objects is an order set of them [Kirkham]
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If one sequence satisfies a sentence, they all do [Kirkham]
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3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 2. Semantic Truth
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If we define truth by listing the satisfactions, the supply of predicates must be finite [Kirkham]
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