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'Meaning and the Moral Sciences', 'Nature and Utility of Religion' and 'Problems of Philosophy'
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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 1. Truth
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Truth is a property of a belief, but dependent on its external relations, not its internal qualities [Russell]
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'The rug is green' might be warrantedly assertible even though the rug is not green [Putnam]
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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers
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Truth and falsehood are properties of beliefs and statements [Russell]
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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 7. Falsehood
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A good theory of truth must make falsehood possible [Russell]
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3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth
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Truth as congruence may work for complex beliefs, but not for simple beliefs about existence [Joslin on Russell]
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Beliefs are true if they have corresponding facts, and false if they don't [Russell]
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We need the correspondence theory of truth to understand language and science [Putnam]
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3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 3. Correspondence Truth critique
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Correspondence between concepts and unconceptualised reality is impossible [Putnam]
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3. Truth / D. Coherence Truth / 1. Coherence Truth
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The coherence theory says falsehood is failure to cohere, and truth is fitting into a complete system of Truth [Russell]
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3. Truth / D. Coherence Truth / 2. Coherence Truth Critique
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More than one coherent body of beliefs seems possible [Russell]
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If we suspend the law of contradiction, nothing will appear to be incoherent [Russell]
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Coherence is not the meaning of truth, but an important test for truth [Russell]
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3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 2. Semantic Truth
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In Tarski's definition, you understand 'true' if you accept the notions of the object language [Putnam]
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Tarski has given a correct account of the formal logic of 'true', but there is more to the concept [Putnam]
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Only Tarski has found a way to define 'true' [Putnam]
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