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Truth and the Magic of ‘Is’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 January 2005

P. T. MacKenzie
Affiliation:
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
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Abstract

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Both the Correspondence Theory of Truth and the Redundancy/Performative Theory of Truth appear to be unquestionably correct and yet each seems to be inconsistent with the other. As a result we have a puzzle.

The way out of this dilemma is to be found by taking a closer look at the role that ‘Is’ and its cognates play in the structure of the standard statement. Once this is done it can be seen that both theories are compatible with one another.

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Research Article
Copyright
© The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2005