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McGrath Matthew |
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Between deflationism & correspondence theory / / Matthew McGrath |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-138-86555-9 |
1-315-05456-6 |
1-135-71953-5 |
1-135-71946-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (282 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Truth - Deflationary theory |
Truth - Correspondence theory |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2000 by Garland Publishing Inc. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1. Realism about Propositions and Properties; I. Introduction; II. Ontological Commitment; III. Are Properties and Contents on a Par with Sakes and Average Persons?; IV. Ackerman's Triviality Charge; V. Properties and Concepts? Propositions and States of Affairs?; 2. Deflationism Rejected, Weak Deflationism Presented; 3. Questions for Weak Deflationism; I. Is Weak Deflationism Circular?; II. Why Shouldn't One Seek a Correspondence Theory of Propositional Truth? |
III. Does Weak Deflationism Stumble on the Explanation of General Facts Involving TruthIV. Does Weak Deflationism Have the Resources to Explain the Obviousness of Propositions Expressed by Instances of the Schema 'p' is true iff p?; V. 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? |
VI. Is Weak Deflationism Incompatible with Non-Factual ist Theories of Certain Areas of Declarative Discourse, e.g., Moral Discourse?VII. Why Can't We Use Higher-Order Quantification to Formulate Deflationism about Propositional Truth as a Universalized Biconditional?; 4. A |
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