Single Idea 15359

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

Full Idea

The Deflationary view just says that instead of asserting a sentence, we can turn the sentence into an object and assert that this object has the property of truth.

Gist of Idea

Deflation: instead of asserting a sentence, we can treat it as an object with the truth-property

Source

Leon Horsten (The Tarskian Turn [2011], 05.2.2)

Book Reference

Horsten,Leon: 'The Tarskian Turn' [MIT 2011], p.63


A Reaction

That seems to leave a big question hanging, which concerns the nature of the property that is being attributed to this object. Quine 1970:10-13 says it is just a 'device'. Surely you can rest content with that as an account of truth?