Electric Agora (archive)

Tag: Deflationary Theory of Truth

  • Mini Symposium on Truth: Sartwell and Kaufman on Theories of Truth

    by Daniel A. Kaufman https://youtu.be/cV8exWNlGUA My discussion with Crispin Sartwell of Dickinson College on theories of truth.  Originally aired on the Sophia program, MeaningofLife.TV, February 12, 2019.

  • Bits and Pieces — Truth and Ontology

    by Daniel A. Kaufman ‘Truth’ and ‘is true’ The most popular view on truth is some variation on the correspondence theory, according to which saying that a statement is true is saying that it “corresponds” to “reality” or “the facts” or “states of affairs” or some such thing.  The trouble with this to my mind…