Hollow Truth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10696496 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louis Derosset (0000-0002-4431-2407, University of Vermont, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 130 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 533-581 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8108 • E-ISSN: 1558-1470 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00318108-9263952 |
| OpenAlex | W4200097079 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
A raft of new philosophical problems concerning truth have recently been discovered by several theorists. These problems concern the question of how ascriptions of truth are to be grounded. Most previous commentators have taken the problems to shed light on the theory of ground. In this paper, I argue that they also shed light on the theory of truth. In particular, I argue that the notion of ground can be deployed to clearly articulate one strand of deflationary thinking about truth, according to which truth is “metaphysically lightweight.” I offer a ground-theoretic explication of the (entirely bearable) lightness of truth and show how it yields a novel solution to the problems concerning how truth is grounded. So, the theory of truth and the theory of ground interact fruitfully: we can apply the notion of ground to offer a clear explication of the deflationist claim that truth is “metaphysically lightweight” that both captures the motivations for that claim and solves the problems
Alethiology · Coherence theory of truth · Common ground · Epistemology · Explication · Logical truth · Metaphysics · Pragmatic theory of truth · Truth condition · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |