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- catalog abstract ""This book argues that correspondence theories of truth fail because the relation which holds between a true thought and a fact is that of identity, not correspondence. According to Julian Dodd, facts are not complexes of worldly entities; they are, as Frege believed, true thoughts. The supposed truthmaker is nothing but the truthbearer." "The author christens this response to correspondence theories the modest identity theory, which he goes on to distinguish from those identity theories propounded, at some time or other, by Russell, Moore, Bradley, John McDowell and Jennifer Hornsby. It is acknowledged that the modest identity theory provides neither a definition of truth nor an account of what truth consists in. The modest identity theory's role is, by contrast, that of diagnosing the failure of correspondence theories, and thereby preparing the ground for a proper deflation of the concept of truth: a deflation defended in the latter part of the book."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11977918.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""The author christens this response to correspondence theories the modest identity theory, which he goes on to distinguish from those identity theories propounded, at some time or other, by Russell, Moore, Bradley, John McDowell and Jennifer Hornsby. It is acknowledged that the modest identity theory provides neither a definition of truth nor an account of what truth consists in. The modest identity theory's role is, by contrast, that of diagnosing the failure of correspondence theories, and thereby preparing the ground for a proper deflation of the concept of truth: a deflation defended in the latter part of the book."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""This book argues that correspondence theories of truth fail because the relation which holds between a true thought and a fact is that of identity, not correspondence. According to Julian Dodd, facts are not complexes of worldly entities; they are, as Frege believed, true thoughts. The supposed truthmaker is nothing but the truthbearer."".
- catalog description "1. Truthmakers, Facts and States of Affairs: a Critique of Correspondence -- 2. Propositions, Indirect Speech and Truthbearers -- 3. The Nature of Propositions: Thoughts versus States of Affairs -- 4. Facts are True Thoughts -- 5. From Correspondence to Identity -- 6. A Variety of Deflationism Defended -- 7. Aberrations of Rival Identity Theories.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-194) and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 199 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0312231997 (St. Martin's)".
- catalog identifier "0333682262 (Macmillan)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Basingstoke : Macmillan Press ; New York : St. Martin's Press,".
- catalog subject "121 21".
- catalog subject "BD171 .D63 2000".
- catalog subject "Truth Correspondence theory.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Truthmakers, Facts and States of Affairs: a Critique of Correspondence -- 2. Propositions, Indirect Speech and Truthbearers -- 3. The Nature of Propositions: Thoughts versus States of Affairs -- 4. Facts are True Thoughts -- 5. From Correspondence to Identity -- 6. A Variety of Deflationism Defended -- 7. Aberrations of Rival Identity Theories.".
- catalog title "An identity theory of truth / Julian Dodd.".
- catalog type "text".