Single Idea 23298

[catalogued under 3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 3. Correspondence Truth critique]

Full Idea

Neither Aristotle's formula nor Tarski's truth definitions are sympathetic to the correspondence theory, because they don't introduce entities like facts or states of affairs for sentences to correspond.

Gist of Idea

Neither Aristotle nor Tarski introduce the facts needed for a correspondence theory

Source

Donald Davidson (The Folly of Trying to Define Truth [1999], p.25)

Book Reference

Davidson,Donald: 'Truth, Language and History' [OUP 2005], p.25


A Reaction

This seems convincing, although it is often claimed that both theories offer a sort of correspondence.

Related Idea

Idea 586 Falsity says that which is isn't, and that which isn't is; truth says that which is is, and that which isn't isn't [Aristotle]