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Truth and Multiple Realizability

Pluralism about truth is the view that there is more than one way for a proposition to be true. When taken to imply that there is more than one concept and property of truth, this position faces a number of troubling objections. I argue that we can overcome these objections, and yet retain pluralism...

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Published in:Australasian journal of philosophy 2004-09, Vol.82 (3), p.384-408
Main Author: Lynch, Michael P.
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Language:English
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Summary:Pluralism about truth is the view that there is more than one way for a proposition to be true. When taken to imply that there is more than one concept and property of truth, this position faces a number of troubling objections. I argue that we can overcome these objections, and yet retain pluralism's key insight, by taking truth to be a multiply realizable property of propositions.
ISSN:0004-8402
1471-6828
DOI:10.1080/713659875