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XIV *-MAKING SENSE OF RELATIVE TRUTH

Authors :
John MacFarlane
Source :
Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (Hardback). 105:305-323
Publication Year :
2005
Publisher :
Oxford University Press (OUP), 2005.

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to make sense of relativism about truth. There are two key ideas. (1) To be a relativist about truth is to allow that a sentence or proposition might be assessment-sensitive: that is, its truth value might vary with the context of assessment as well as the context of use. (2) Making sense of relativism is a matter of understanding what it would be to commit oneself to the truth of an assessment-sensitive sentence or proposition.

Details

ISSN :
14679264 and 00667374
Volume :
105
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (Hardback)
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........f4924e0e1422e3300dfedb453b8068ed
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0066-7373.2004.00116.x