TY - JOUR
T1 - Primitive truth
AU - ASAY, Jamin
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - Conceptual primitivism is the view that truth is among our most basic and fundamental concepts. It cannot be defined, analyzed, or reduced into concepts that are more fundamental. Primitivism is opposed to both traditional attempts at defining truth (in terms of correspondence, coherence, or utility) and deflationary theories that argue that the notion of truth is exhausted by means of the truth schema. Though primitivism might be thought of as a view of last resort, I believe that the view is independently attractive, and can be argued for directly. In this paper I offer what I take to be the strongest argument in favor of conceptual primitivism, which relies upon the Fregean doctrine of the omnipresence of truth.
AB - Conceptual primitivism is the view that truth is among our most basic and fundamental concepts. It cannot be defined, analyzed, or reduced into concepts that are more fundamental. Primitivism is opposed to both traditional attempts at defining truth (in terms of correspondence, coherence, or utility) and deflationary theories that argue that the notion of truth is exhausted by means of the truth schema. Though primitivism might be thought of as a view of last resort, I believe that the view is independently attractive, and can be argued for directly. In this paper I offer what I take to be the strongest argument in favor of conceptual primitivism, which relies upon the Fregean doctrine of the omnipresence of truth.
UR - http://commons.ln.edu.hk/sw_master/6616
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84897839477&doi=10.1111%2f1746-8361.12041&partnerID=40&md5=11629d8b8765a227389f14d75094d49c
U2 - 10.1111/1746-8361.12041
DO - 10.1111/1746-8361.12041
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
SN - 0012-2017
VL - 67
SP - 503
EP - 519
JO - Dialectica
JF - Dialectica
IS - 4
ER -