Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Thrasymachus, Alfred Tarski and Volker Halbach

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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 1. Truth
16330 Truth-value 'gluts' allow two truth values together; 'gaps' give a partial conception of truth [Halbach]
16339 Truth axioms prove objects exist, so truth doesn't seem to be a logical notion [Halbach]
3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 2. Defining Truth
16295 Tarski proved that truth cannot be defined from within a given theory [Tarski, by Halbach]
15342 Tarski proved that any reasonably expressive language suffers from the liar paradox [Tarski, by Horsten]
19069 'True sentence' has no use consistent with logic and ordinary language, so definition seems hopeless [Tarski]
10153 In everyday language, truth seems indefinable, inconsistent, and illogical [Tarski]
19178 Definitions of truth should not introduce a new version of the concept, but capture the old one [Tarski]
19177 A definition of truth should be materially adequate and formally correct [Tarski]
19186 A rigorous definition of truth is only possible in an exactly specified language [Tarski]
19194 We may eventually need to split the word 'true' into several less ambiguous terms [Tarski]
16324 Any definition of truth requires a metalanguage [Halbach]
15647 Truth definitions don't produce a good theory, because they go beyond your current language [Halbach]
16293 Traditional definitions of truth often make it more obscure, rather than less [Halbach]
16301 If people have big doubts about truth, a definition might give it more credibility [Halbach]