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Single Idea 10840

[from 'Truth' by Michael Dummett, in 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 2. Defining Truth ]

Full Idea

For a particular bounded language, if it is free of ambiguity and inconsistency, it must be possible to characterize the true sentences of the language; somewhat as, for a given game, we can say which moves are winning moves.

Gist of Idea

We must be able to specify truths in a precise language, like winning moves in a game

Source

Michael Dummett (Truth [1959], p.237)

Book Reference

'The Nature of Truth', ed/tr. Lynch, Michael P. [MIT 2001], p.237


A Reaction

The background of this sounds rather like Tarski, with truth just being a baton passed from one part of the language to another, though Dummett adds the very un-Tarskian notion that truth has a value.