Single Idea 23287

[catalogued under 3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 2. Deflationary Truth]

Full Idea

Disquotation cannot pretend to give a complete account of the concept of truth, since it works only in the special case where the metalanguage contains the object language. Neither can contain their own truth predicate.

Gist of Idea

Disquotation only accounts for truth if the metalanguage contains the object language

Source

Donald Davidson (Truth Rehabilitated [1997], p.10)

Book Reference

Davidson,Donald: 'Truth, Language and History' [OUP 2005], p.10


A Reaction

Presumably more sophisticated and complete accounts would need a further account of translation between languages - which explains Quine's interest in that topic. […see this essay, p.12]