Sökning: "deflationism"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade ordet deflationism.

1. 1. Deflationism : A Use-Theoretic Analysis of the Truth-Predicate

   Författare :Arvid Båve; Peter Pagin; Panu Raatikainen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; truth; deflationism; disquotationalism; proposition; use-theory; semantics; nominalism; inferentialism; assertibility; that-clause; singular term; Tarski; Horwich; Field; meaning; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

   Sammanfattning : I here develop a specific version of the deflationary theory of truth. I adopt a terminology on which deflationism holds that an exhaustive account of truth is given by the equivalence between truth-ascriptions and de-nominalised (or disquoted) sentences. LÄS MER

3. 2. Empty Names and Reference

   Författare :Anna Bjurman; Teoretisk filosofi; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; disquotational reference; pretense; possible individuals; fictional world; intensional fictional operator; rigidity; empty names; reference; Philosophical logic; Teoretisk filosofi; logik;

   Sammanfattning : The problem of empty names derives from the fact that empty names fail to refer. The reference failure of empty names implies that sentences containing empty names lack truth-conditions. As a consequence those sentences are meaningless, according to many theories of meaning. LÄS MER