Date of Completion
4-12-2019
Embargo Period
4-12-2019
Keywords
truth, deflationism, degrees, gradability, semantics, correspondence, truth-conditions
Major Advisor
Keith Simmons
Associate Advisor
Stewart Shapiro
Associate Advisor
Michael Lynch
Associate Advisor
Magdalena Kaufmann
Field of Study
Philosophy
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Open Access
Open Access
Abstract
This dissertation investigates the limits of deflationary theories of truth and offers in their place a degree-theoretic conception of truth. The primary focus is on the intersections of theories of truth and theories of linguistic meaning, particularly as found in contemporary linguistics. I offer two degree theories: one substantive and one deflationary. It is argued that the substantive theory is the best descriptive theory of truth, but that the deflationary theory is an attractive revisionary theory.
Recommended Citation
Henderson, Jared, "Degrees and Deflationism" (2019). Doctoral Dissertations. 2099.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/dissertations/2099