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[from 'The Tarskian Turn' by Leon Horsten, in 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 1. Truth ]

Full Idea

There are semantical theories of truth, concerned with models for languages containing the truth predicate, and axiomatic (or syntactic) theories, interested in basic logical principles governing the concept of truth.

Gist of Idea

Semantic theories of truth seek models; axiomatic (syntactic) theories seek logical principles

Source

Leon Horsten (The Tarskian Turn [2011], 01.1)

Book Reference

Horsten,Leon: 'The Tarskian Turn' [MIT 2011], p.3


A Reaction

This is the map of contemporary debates, which seem now to have given up talking about 'correspondence', 'coherence' etc.