Single Idea 6086

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

Full Idea

Truth is a property of a proposition from which one can deduce the fact stated by the proposition.

Gist of Idea

Truth is the property of propositions that makes it possible to deduce facts

Source

Colin McGinn (Logical Properties [2000], Ch.5)

Book Reference

McGinn,Colin: 'Logical Properties' [OUP 2003], p.96


A Reaction

This is McGinn's explanation of the disquotational account of truth ('p' is true iff p). The redundancy theorist would reply that you can deduce p from 'p' without mentioning truth, but it remains to ask why this deduction is possible.