Single Idea 15325

[catalogued under 3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 2. Deflationary Truth]

Full Idea

According to 'inferential deflationism', truth is a concept without a nature or an essence. This is betrayed by the fact that there are no unrestricted logical laws that govern the concept of truth.

Gist of Idea

Inferential deflationism says truth has no essence because no unrestricted logic governs the concept

Source

Leon Horsten (The Tarskian Turn [2011], 01.1)

Book Reference

Horsten,Leon: 'The Tarskian Turn' [MIT 2011], p.4