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Truth-makers and convention T

Jan Woleński(Jagellonian University)

pp. 79-84

Abstract

This chapter discusses the place, if any, of Convention T (the condition of material adequacy of the proper definition of truth formulated by Alfred Tarski) in the truth-makers account offered by Kevin Mulligan, Peter Simons, and Barry Smith. It is argued that although Tarski's requirement seems entirely acceptable in the frameworks of truth-maker theories at first sight, several doubts arise under a closer inspection. In particular, T-biconditionals have no clear meaning as sentences about truth-makers. Thus, the truth-maker theory cannot be considered as the semantic theory of truth enriched by metaphysical (ontological) data. The problem of truth-makers for sentences about future events is discussed at the end of this chapter.

Publication details

Published in:

Reboul Anne (2014) Mind, values, and metaphysics I: philosophical essays in honor of Kevin Mulligan. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 79-84

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-04199-5_5

Full citation:

Woleński Jan (2014) „Truth-makers and convention T“, In: A. Reboul (ed.), Mind, values, and metaphysics I, Dordrecht, Springer, 79–84.