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9780815338529

Between Deflationism and Correspondence Theory

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  • ISBN13:

    9780815338529

  • ISBN10:

    081533852X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-11-30
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

McGrath argues for an original theory truth that combines elements of two well-known philosophical theories--deflationism and correspondence.

Author Biography

Matthew McGrath is Assistant Profession of Philosophy at Texas A&M University.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Realism about Propositions and Properties
1(24)
Introduction
1(3)
Ontological Commitment
4(5)
Are Properties and Contents on a Par with Sakes and Average Persons?
9(4)
Ackerman's Triviality Charge
13(3)
Properties and Concepts? Propositions and States of Affairs?
16(9)
Deflationism Rejected, Weak Deflationism Presented
25(16)
Questions for Weak Deflationism
41(20)
Is Weak Deflationism Circular?
42(2)
Why Shouldn't One Seek a Correspondence Theory of Propositional Truth?
44(2)
Does Weak Deflationism Stumble on the Explanation of General Facts Involving Truth
46(5)
Does Weak Deflationism Have the Resources to Explain the Obviousness of Propositions Expressed by Instances of the Schema `p' is true iff p?
51(1)
Can the Weak Deflationist Answer the Standard Objection to Correspondence Theories that if Truth Consisted in Correspondence with the Facts, Knowing Something is True would Require an Absurd Comparison between Sentences (Utterances, Beliefs) and Facts?
52(2)
Is Weak Deflationism Incompatible with Non-Factualist Theories of Certain Areas of Declarative Discourse, e.g., Moral Discourse?
54(4)
Why Can't We Use Higher-Order Quantification to Formulate Deflationism about Propositional Truth as a Universalized Biconditional?
58(3)
A Challenge from David Lewis
61(26)
First Part of the Challenge
64(11)
Second Part of the Challenge
75(12)
Truthmaking
87(14)
Question 1: Does Pursuit of the Truthmaker Project Require Acceptance of a Correspondence Theory of Truth Rather than a Deflationist Theory?
88(6)
Question 2: Is There Good Reason to Think the Truthmaker Project will be Fruitful?
94(5)
Truthmaking without the Truthmaker Project
99(2)
The Liar Paradox
101(34)
Illustrations of Supervenience
103(5)
Categorial Preliminaries
108(2)
An (Almost) General Account of Truth
110(17)
A Dilemma?
127(2)
Comparison with Kripke's Account
129(6)
Bibliography 135(4)
Index 139

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