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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 2. Defining Truth
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In everyday language, truth seems indefinable, inconsistent, and illogical [Tarski]
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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 4. Uses of Truth
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Truth is a method of deducing facts from propositions [McGinn]
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3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 10. Making Future Truths
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The causes of future true events must exist now, so they will happen because of destiny [Chrysippus, by Cicero]
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3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 2. Correspondence to Facts
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Graspable presentations are criteria of facts, and are molded according to their objects [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]
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3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 3. Correspondence Truth critique
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How could you ever know that the presentation is similar to the object? [Sext.Empiricus on Chrysippus]
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The idea of truth is built into the idea of correspondence [McGinn]
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'Snow does not fall' corresponds to snow does fall [McGinn]
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3. Truth / D. Coherence Truth / 2. Coherence Truth Critique
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The coherence theory of truth implies idealism, because facts are just coherent beliefs [McGinn]
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3. Truth / G. Axiomatic Truth / 1. Axiomatic Truth
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Tarski thought axiomatic truth was too contingent, and in danger of inconsistencies [Tarski, by Davidson]
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3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 3. Minimalist Truth
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Truth is the property of propositions that makes it possible to deduce facts [McGinn]
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Without the disquotation device for truth, you could never form beliefs from others' testimony [McGinn]
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