Truth and Its Nature (if Any)
The question how to turn the principles implicitly governing the concept of truth into an explicit definition (or explication) of the concept hence coalesced with the question how to get a finite grip on the infinity of T-sentences. Tarski's famous and in
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SYNTHESE LIBRARY STUDIES IN EPISTEMOLOGY, LOGIC, METHODOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Managing Editor:
JAAKKO HINTIKKA, Boston University
Editors:
DIRK VAN DALEN, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands DONALD DAVIDSON, University of California, Berkeley THEO A.F. KUIPERS, University of Groningen, The Netherlands PATRICK SUPPES, Stanford University, California JAN WOLENSKI, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
VOLUME 284
TRUTH AND ITS NATURE (IF ANY) Edited by
JAROSLAY PEREGRIN Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Prague. Czech Republic
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUS INESS ME DI A. B.Y.
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ISBN 978-90-481-5280-3 ISBN 978-94-015-9233-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/ 978-94-015-9233-8
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TARSKI'S LEGACY (INTRODUCTORY REMARKS) JAROSLAV PEREGRIN .....................................................................................
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I. PAST MASTERS ON TRUTH
FREGE: ASSERTION, TRUTH AND MEANING GARY KEMP .............................................. ........................................................ 1 CARNAP, SYNTAX, AND TRUTH A. W CARUS... ................................................................................................. 15 JAMES'S CONCEPTION OF TRUTH MAJEDA OMAR ............................................................................................... 37
II. T ARSKI AND CORRESPONDENCE
SEMANTIC CONCEPTION OF TRUTH AS A PHILOSOPHICAL THEORY JAN WOLENSKI ............................................................................................... 51
TRUTH, CORRESPONDENCE, SATISF ACTION PETR KOLAR ................................................................................................... 67
DO WE NEED CORRESPONDENCE TRUTH? FREDERICK STOUTLAND ................................................................................. 81
TARSKIAN TRUTH AS CORRESPONDENCE - REPLIES TO SOME OBJECTIONS ILKKA NllNILUOTO ... ........................................................................................ 91
III. THE SUBSTANTIALITY OF TRUTH
THE CENTRALITY OF TRUTH DONALD DAVIDSON ...................................................................................... 105 MAPPING THE STRUCTURE OF TRUTH: DAVIDSON CONTRA RORTY JEFFMALPAS ............................................................................................... 117 THE EXPLANATORY VALUE OF TRUTH THEORIES EMBODYING THE SEMANTIC CONCEPTION MANUEL GARCiA-CARPINTERO ..................................................................... 129 NEG
