Single Idea 23295

[catalogued under 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 2. Defining Truth]

Full Idea

We cannot hope to underpin the concept of truth with something more transparent or easier to grasp.

Gist of Idea

Truth cannot be reduced to anything simpler

Source

Donald Davidson (The Folly of Trying to Define Truth [1999], p.21)

Book Reference

Davidson,Donald: 'Truth, Language and History' [OUP 2005], p.21


A Reaction

I suppose precise accounts of correspondence or coherence are offered as replacements for truth, but neither of those ever seem to be possible. I agree with accepting truth as a primitive.