Truth and Modalities (I)
Truth and Modalities (I)
Author(s): Fabrice PatautSubject(s): Philosophy, Epistemology, Ethics / Practical Philosophy
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: Bivalence; Contingency; Disquotation; Knowability; Modalities; Necessity; Possibility; Semantic Realism; Truth; Bernays (Paul); Dummett (Michael A. E.; Sir); Hilbert (David); Loar (Brian); Peirce (Cha
Summary/Abstract: I contrast two construals of the thesis that truth is independent of verifiability in principle: a modal one and a non modal one. I argue in favor of the modal construal and then, on that basis, that independence holds across the board, i.e., even for statements that are verifiable by us relative to familiar, customary, non-skeptical standards.
Journal: Balkan Journal of Philosophy
- Issue Year: XIV/2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 103-108
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
