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Truth and Meaning: In Perspective
In Felicia Ackerman (ed.), Midwest Studies in Philosophy. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. pp. 1–19 (1981)
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This chapter contains sections titled: The Evolution of an Idea: A Historical Summary The Problem of Justification Higginbotham's Justificatory Idea: A First Approximation Why this First Approximation will not do Reformulating the Idea Evaluating the Expanded idea: Why we Still do not have a Justification The Disconnect between Theory and Practice What is the Alternative?Author's Profile
explaining knowledge of meaning ‐ in terms of knowledge of truth conditions evolution of an idea – Davidson's theories of meaning taken to be nothing more than theories of truth Davidson's two main rationales— presented in “Truth and Meaning” and “Radical Interpretation” Truth and Meaning Ordinary Language philosopher Davidsonian‐cum‐Quinean theme ‐ presupposing that truth and reference can be retained, while meaning is rejected problem of justification – Davidson's, a truth theory for L qualifying as a theory of meaning, if knowledge of what it states is sufficient for understanding L knowledge of the canonical truth theorem (CTT) James Higginbotham's “Truth and Understanding” ‐ what sentences, and expressions that make them up, mean
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