Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Mahavastu, Chris Daly and Pascal Engel

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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers

4737	Are truth-bearers propositions, or ideas/beliefs, or sentences/utterances? [Engel]

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 2. Correspondence to Facts

4750	The redundancy theory gets rid of facts, for 'it is a fact that p' just means 'p' [Engel]

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 3. Correspondence Truth critique

4744	We can't explain the corresponding structure of the world except by referring to our thoughts [Engel]

3. Truth / D. Coherence Truth / 1. Coherence Truth

4738	The coherence theory says truth is an internal relationship between groups of truth-bearers [Engel]

3. Truth / D. Coherence Truth / 2. Coherence Truth Critique

4745	Any coherent set of beliefs can be made more coherent by adding some false beliefs [Engel]

3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 2. Deflationary Truth

4753	Deflationism seems to block philosophers' main occupation, asking metatheoretical questions [Engel]

4755	Deflationism cannot explain why we hold beliefs for reasons [Engel]

3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 3. Minimalist Truth

4751	Maybe there is no more to be said about 'true' than there is about the function of 'and' in logic [Engel]