The Objectivity of the Object, or, The Philosophical Stakes of Semantics

The possibility of a philosophical semantics is considered. Two approaches to the issue are compared & both are shown to fail in determining the conditions of justification of truth & the objectivity of objects. One proposes an inconsistent conception of truth, whereas the other proposes a c...

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Published in:Langages (Paris) 1991-01, Vol.25 (103), p.66-82
Main Author: Poulain, Jacques
Format: Article
Language:fre
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Summary:The possibility of a philosophical semantics is considered. Two approaches to the issue are compared & both are shown to fail in determining the conditions of justification of truth & the objectivity of objects. One proposes an inconsistent conception of truth, whereas the other proposes a concept whose own truth cannot be decided. It is argued that one cannot conceive a proposition without thinking it to be true, & that this semantic relationship to reality conditions all experience. B. Annesser Murray
ISSN:0458-726X