Volume 1, Issue 1, Spring 2007
Jan Woleński
Pages 137-141
DOI: 10.5840/pjphil20071124
Two Critical Contributions to the Problem of Truth and Meaning
This paper critically discusses two points concerning some recent views about the concept of truth. Firstly, contrary to Davidson, it shows that meaning of sentences cannot be explicated by T-equivalences. In particular, “is true” is an extensional predicate, but “means that” an intensional one. Secondly, the minimalist account of truth does not provide a satisfactory analysis of the concept of falsity. In this respect, minimalism does not satisfy Russell’s claim that any adequate truth-theory must be a theory of falsity as well.