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Ideas for 'The Evolution of Logic', 'The Rediscovery of the Mind' and 'Troubles with Functionalism'

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3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth

3508	Correspondence to the facts HAS to be the aim of enquiry [Searle]
	Full Idea: It does not matter whether "true" does mean corresponds to the facts, because "corresponds to the facts" does mean corresponds to the facts, and any discipline that aims to describe how the world is aims for this correspondence.
	From: John Searle (The Rediscovery of the Mind [1992], Ch.10.V)

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 2. Correspondence to Facts

13469	Tarski showed how we could have a correspondence theory of truth, without using 'facts' [Hart,WD]
	Full Idea: It is an ancient and honourable view that truth is correspondence to fact; Tarski showed us how to do without facts here.
	From: William D. Hart (The Evolution of Logic [2010], 2)
	A reaction: This is a very interesting spin on Tarski, who certainly seems to endorse the correspondence theory, even while apparently inventing a new 'semantic' theory of truth. It is controversial how far Tarski's theory really is a 'correspondence' theory.