Ideas from 'Truth (2nd edn)' by Paul Horwich [1990], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Truth (2nd edn)' by Horwich,Paul [OUP 1998,0-19-875223-7]].
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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 1. Truth
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The function of the truth predicate? Understanding 'true'? Meaning of 'true'? The concept of truth? A theory of truth?
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3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth
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Some correspondence theories concern facts; others are built up through reference and satisfaction
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3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 3. Correspondence Truth critique
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The common-sense theory of correspondence has never been worked out satisfactorily
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3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 1. Redundant Truth
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The redundancy theory cannot explain inferences from 'what x said is true' and 'x said p', to p
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3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 2. Deflationary Truth
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Horwich's deflationary view is novel, because it relies on propositions rather than sentences [Davidson]
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No deflationary conception of truth does justice to the fact that we aim for truth
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The deflationary picture says believing a theory true is a trivial step after believing the theory
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Truth is a useful concept for unarticulated propositions and generalisations about them
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5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 1. Logical Form
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Logical form is the aspects of meaning that determine logical entailments
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions
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We could know the truth-conditions of a foreign sentence without knowing its meaning
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions
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There are Fregean de dicto propositions, and Russellian de re propositions, or a mixture
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19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / b. Indeterminate translation
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Right translation is a mapping of languages which preserves basic patterns of usage
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