Single Idea 6345

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

Full Idea

Boghossian argues that minimalism is incoherent because it says truth both is and is not a property; the essence of minimalism is that, unlike traditional theories, truth is not a property, yet properties are needed to explain the theory.

Gist of Idea

Minimalism is incoherent, as it implies that truth both is and is not a property

Source

report of Paul Boghossian (The Status of Content [1990]) by Paul Horwich - Truth (2nd edn) Post.8

Book Reference

Horwich,Paul: 'Truth (2nd edn)' [OUP 1998], p.142


A Reaction

I doubt whether this is really going to work as a demolition, because it seems to me that no philosophers are even remotely clear about what a property is. If properties are defined causally, it is not quite clear how truth would ever be a property.