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Question: What theory of "Truth" do you hold?
#1
Correspondence
 
#2
Coherence - Conventional
 
#3
Pragmatist
 
#4
Pluralistic
 
#5
Deflationary (please specify)
 
#6
Other (please specify)
 
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« on: February 06, 2022, 08:37:38 PM »

Which philosophical theory of Truth do you espouse?


I personally abhor correspondence or naive realism of any sort (especially meta-ethical).
I hold a mix of Brandom's prosentential theory where "is true" simply reiterates content, and content (and meaning) is determined by convention (though not necessarily coherent conventions), and reference is fixed by pragmatic considerations.

"It is true that it was raining on Sunday." Therefore speaker reiterates the content "it was raining on Sunday" for justification and material inference. The content is determined by conventions of the linguistic framework which fixes references according to their use (we need to coordinate on a time unit called a week, we need to agree on a number of days, and how to refer to them).

No realism or direct reference between words\sentences\thoughts and "ultimate" reality

Can you define the terms in your poll, at least?
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