TRUE QUALIFIERS FOR QUALIFIED TRUTHS

TRUE QUALIFIERS FOR QUALIFIED TRUTHS

This paper aims to throw light on what predicative expressions like "is a(n) truth," where an adjective is inserted on the line, mean. It aims to do so by unearthing a framework that specifies (i) various items that can be qualified by the adjectives, as well as (ii) various ways in which...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Review of metaphysics 2014-09, Vol.68 (1), p.3-36
1. Verfasser: VAN WOUDENBERG, RENÉ
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
A priori knowledge
Acceptability
Adjective
Adjectives
Adverbs
Analysis
Catholic Tradition
Contemporary Philosophy
Counterfeiting
Empiricism
Expression
General Interest
Grammar, Comparative and general
Intensionality
Lexical qualifiers
Logical truth
Philosophers
Proposition (Logic)
Terminology
Truth
Words
World view
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Zusammenfassung:This paper aims to throw light on what predicative expressions like "is a(n) truth," where an adjective is inserted on the line, mean. It aims to do so by unearthing a framework that specifies (i) various items that can be qualified by the adjectives, as well as (ii) various ways in which the adjectives perform their qualifying function. This framework forms the background against which, in the second half of this paper, the meaning of "is a relative truth" and "is an absolute truth" are studied. This paper, then, studies what alethic adjectives mean and how they work.
ISSN:0034-6632
2154-1302