An Identity Theory of Truth

ISBN-13: 9780333682265 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 200 str.

Julian Dodd; J. Dodd

Opis

This work argues that correspondence theories of truth fail because the relation which holds between a true thought and a fact is that of identity, not correspondence.

Spis treści

Preface Truthmakers, Facts and States of Affairs: A Critique of Correspondence Propositions, Indirect Speech and Truthbearers The Nature of Propositions: Thoughts versus States of Affairs Facts are True Thoughts From Correspondence to Identity A Variety of Deflationism Defended Aberrations of Rival Identity Theories Bibliography Index

O autorze

JULIAN DODD lectures in philosophy at the University of Manchester, UK. His previous publications include Musical Works: An Essay in Ontology (OUP, 2007) and, with Helen Beebee, Truthmakers: The Contemporary Debate (OUP, 2005).