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Full Idea
It is evident that "It is true that Caesar was murdered" means no more than that Caesar was murdered.
Gist of Idea
"It is true that x" means no more than x
Source
Frank P. Ramsey (Facts and Propositions [1927])
Book Ref
'Truth', ed/tr. Pitcher,George [Prentice-Hall 1964], p.16
A Reaction
At the very least, saying it is true adds emphasis. One sentence is about Caesar, the other about a proposal concerning Caesar, so they can't quite be the same. Note Frege's priority in making this suggestion.
Related Ideas
Idea 19468 The property of truth in 'It is true that I smell violets' adds nothing to 'I smell violets' [Frege]
Idea 21640 'It's true that Fido is a dog' conjures up a contrast class, of 'it's false' or 'it's unlikely' [Hofweber]
Idea 14176 "The death of Caesar is true" is not the same proposition as "Caesar died" [Russell]
| 14777 | That a judgement is true and that we judge it true are quite different things [Peirce] |
| 19468 | The property of truth in 'It is true that I smell violets' adds nothing to 'I smell violets' [Frege] |
| 14176 | "The death of Caesar is true" is not the same proposition as "Caesar died" [Russell] |
| 3750 | "It is true that x" means no more than x [Ramsey] |
| 19197 | Truth can't be eliminated from universal claims, or from particular unspecified claims [Tarski] |
| 11074 | 'It is true that this follows' means simply: this follows [Wittgenstein] |
| 9011 | Truth is redundant for single sentences; we do better to simply speak the sentence [Quine] |
| 2347 | Asserting the truth of an indexical statement is not the same as uttering the statement [Putnam] |
| 19153 | Truth is basic and clear, so don't try to replace it with something simpler [Davidson] |
| 6335 | The redundancy theory cannot explain inferences from 'what x said is true' and 'x said p', to p [Horwich] |
| 12439 | Truth is dispensable, by replacing truth claims with the sentence itself [Azzouni] |
| 21640 | 'It's true that Fido is a dog' conjures up a contrast class, of 'it's false' or 'it's unlikely' [Hofweber] |
| 14008 | The redundancy theory conflates metalinguistic bivalence with object-language excluded middle [Bourne] |