Dąmbska’s precisification of absolute truth through the concept of language
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24020578 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph Ulatowski (0000-0003-3019-1269, University of Waikato, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Publication date | 2026-08-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in East European Thought (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0925-9392 • E-ISSN: 1573-0948 |
| Publisher | Springer Nature (PUBLISHER • SG) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11212-026-09898-z |
| OpenAlex | W7201842470 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 31 |
Izydora Dąmbska has argued that since the concept of language is constructed within a language, the concept of truth cannot be exhausted by a choice between the different theories of truth, i.e., correspondence, coherence, or pragmatic. The aim of this paper is to show how Dąmbska’s distinction between the concept and property of truth gives rise to an absolute notion of truth. To achieve this aim, I begin with a brief history of the problem of truth in the Lvov–Warsaw School. Following this, I turn to a discussion of the women philosophers in the Lvov–Warsaw School, specifically Kokoszyńska and Dąmbska, who offered novel analyses of the nature of truth. This section permits me to turn to Dąmbska’s concept of language and how that concept paves the way for a clear distinction between the concept and property of truth. Given that Dąmbska’s work does this, we see relatively immediately how an absolute notion of truth may arise from that distinction and how she carries on the tradition of defending truth against relativistic encroachment.
Absolute (philosophy) · Coherence theory of truth · Logical truth · Philosophy of language · Pragmatic theory of truth · Property (philosophy) · Semantic theory of truth · Truth condition · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy · Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies · Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |