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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 1. Truth
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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 / 2. Defining Truth
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The word 'true' seems to be unique and indefinable [Frege]
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3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth
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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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There cannot be complete correspondence, because ideas and reality are quite different [Frege]
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Correspondence between concepts and unconceptualised reality is impossible [Putnam]
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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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3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 1. Redundant Truth
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The property of truth in 'It is true that I smell violets' adds nothing to 'I smell violets' [Frege]
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