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[from 'The Coherence Theory of Truth' by James O. Young, in 19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions ]

Full Idea

For the coherence theory of truth, the truth conditions of propositions consist in other propositions. The correspondence theory, in contrast, states that the truth conditions of propositions are ... objective features of the world.

Gist of Idea

Are truth-condtions other propositions (coherence) or features of the world (correspondence)?

Source

James O. Young (The Coherence Theory of Truth [2013], Intro)

Book Reference

'Stanford Online Encyclopaedia of Philosophy', ed/tr. Stanford University [plato.stanford.edu], p.1


A Reaction

It is obviously rather important for your truth-conditions theory of meaning that you are clear about your theory of truth. A correspondence theory is evidently taken for granted, even in possible worlds versions.