8821 | Jesus said he bore witness to the truth. Pilate asked, What is truth? [John] |
4736 | Truth is such a transcendentally clear notion that it cannot be further defined [Descartes] |
19070 | Superficial truth is knowing how something is, which is consciousness of bare correctness [Hegel] |
21793 | Genuine truth is the resolution of the highest contradiction [Hegel] |
22092 | Kierkegaard's truth draws on authenticity, fidelity and honesty [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle] |
19466 | The word 'true' seems to be unique and indefinable [Frege] |
6710 | You can only define a statement that something is 'true' by referring to its functional possibilities [James] |
19178 | Definitions of truth should not introduce a new version of the concept, but capture the old one [Tarski] |
19177 | A definition of truth should be materially adequate and formally correct [Tarski] |
19186 | A rigorous definition of truth is only possible in an exactly specified language [Tarski] |
19194 | We may eventually need to split the word 'true' into several less ambiguous terms [Tarski] |
16295 | Tarski proved that truth cannot be defined from within a given theory [Tarski, by Halbach] |
15342 | Tarski proved that any reasonably expressive language suffers from the liar paradox [Tarski, by Horsten] |
19069 | 'True sentence' has no use consistent with logic and ordinary language, so definition seems hopeless [Tarski] |
10153 | In everyday language, truth seems indefinable, inconsistent, and illogical [Tarski] |
18731 | There is no theory of truth, because it isn't a concept [Wittgenstein] |
10840 | We must be able to specify truths in a precise language, like winning moves in a game [Dummett] |
23295 | Truth cannot be reduced to anything simpler [Davidson] |
19160 | A comprehensive theory of truth probably includes a theory of predication [Davidson] |
18542 | Defining truth presupposes that there can be a true definition [Scruton] |
18365 | If truths are just identical with facts, then truths will make themselves true [David] |
22301 | The Identity Theory says a proposition is true if it coincides with what makes it true [Potter] |
18486 | We might define truth as arising from the truth-maker relation [MacBride] |
15374 | Truth has no 'nature', but we should try to describe its behaviour in inferences [Horsten] |
16293 | Traditional definitions of truth often make it more obscure, rather than less [Halbach] |
16324 | Any definition of truth requires a metalanguage [Halbach] |
16301 | If people have big doubts about truth, a definition might give it more credibility [Halbach] |
15647 | Truth definitions don't produce a good theory, because they go beyond your current language [Halbach] |
19125 | If we define truth, we can eliminate it [Halbach/Leigh] |