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Truth and Meaning: In Perspective.

Authors :
SOAMES, SCOTT
Source :
Midwest Studies In Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell). 2008, Vol. 32 Issue 1, p1-19. 19p. 1 Diagram.
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

The article discusses the attempt of Donald Davidson that explains knowledge of meaning in terms of truth conditions. The author argues that Davidson's two main rationales presented in his works were unsuccessful. He resumes that the task of doing the details of the story has a constructive part, where propositions are used as theoretical constructs and subject those theories to empirical test, and a foundational part where propositions are being explained.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03636550
Volume :
32
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Midwest Studies In Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
34168739
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4975.2008.00162.x