Matthew McGrath is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M University.
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Preface 1. Realism about Propositions and Properties I. Introduction II. Ontological Commitment III. Are Properties and Contents on a Par with Sakes and Average Persons? IV. Ackerman's Triviality Charge V. Properties and Concepts? Propositions and States of Affairs? 2. Deflationism Rejected, Weak Deflationism Presented 3. Questions for Weak Deflationism I. Is Weak Deflationism Circular? II. Why Shouldn't One Seek a Correspondence Theory of Propositional Truth? III. Does Weak Deflationism Stumble on the Explanation of General Facts Involving Truth? IV. Does Weak Deflationism Have the Resources to Explain the Obviousness of Propositions Expressed by Instances of the Schema 'p' is true if p? V. Can the Weak Deflationism Can the Weak Deflationism Answer the Standard Objection to Correspondence Theories that if Truth Consisted in Correspondence with the Facts, Knowing Something is True would Require an Absurd Comparison Between Sentences (Utterances, Beliefs) and Facts? VI. Is Weak Deflationism Incompatible with Non-Factualist Theories of Certain Areas of Declarative Discourse, e.g., Moral Discourse? VII. Why Can't We Use Higher-Order Quantification to Formulate Deflationism about Propositional Truth as a Universalized Biconditional? 4. A Challenge from David Lewis I. First Part of the Challenge II. Second Part of the Challenge 5. Truthmaking I. Question 1: Does Pursuit of the Truthmaker Project Require Acceptance of a Correspondence Theory of Truth Rather than a Deflationist Theory? II. Question 2: Is There Good Reason to Think the Truthmaker Project will be fruitful? III. Truthmaking without the Truthmaker Project 6. The Liar Paradox I. Illustrations of Supervenience II. Categorial Preliminaries III. An (Almost) General Account of Truth IV. A Dilemma? V. Comparison with Kripke's Account Bibliography
Preface 1. Realism about Propositions and Properties I. Introduction II. Ontological Commitment III. Are Properties and Contents on a Par with Sakes and Average Persons? IV. Ackerman's Triviality Charge V. Properties and Concepts? Propositions and States of Affairs? 2. Deflationism Rejected, Weak Deflationism Presented 3. Questions for Weak Deflationism I. Is Weak Deflationism Circular? II. Why Shouldn't One Seek a Correspondence Theory of Propositional Truth? III. Does Weak Deflationism Stumble on the Explanation of General Facts Involving Truth? IV. Does Weak Deflationism Have the Resources to Explain the Obviousness of Propositions Expressed by Instances of the Schema 'p' is true if p? V. Can the Weak Deflationism Can the Weak Deflationism Answer the Standard Objection to Correspondence Theories that if Truth Consisted in Correspondence with the Facts, Knowing Something is True would Require an Absurd Comparison Between Sentences (Utterances, Beliefs) and Facts? VI. Is Weak Deflationism Incompatible with Non-Factualist Theories of Certain Areas of Declarative Discourse, e.g., Moral Discourse? VII. Why Can't We Use Higher-Order Quantification to Formulate Deflationism about Propositional Truth as a Universalized Biconditional? 4. A Challenge from David Lewis I. First Part of the Challenge II. Second Part of the Challenge 5. Truthmaking I. Question 1: Does Pursuit of the Truthmaker Project Require Acceptance of a Correspondence Theory of Truth Rather than a Deflationist Theory? II. Question 2: Is There Good Reason to Think the Truthmaker Project will be fruitful? III. Truthmaking without the Truthmaker Project 6. The Liar Paradox I. Illustrations of Supervenience II. Categorial Preliminaries III. An (Almost) General Account of Truth IV. A Dilemma? V. Comparison with Kripke's Account Bibliography
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