A new problem for the linguistic doctrine of necessary truth
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Russell, Gillian. (2010). A new problem for the linguistic doctrine of necessary truth. In In Wright, Cory D. and Pedersen, Nikolaj J. L. L. (Ed.). New waves in truth pp. 267-281 Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230296992_18
Authors | Russell, Gillian |
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Editors | Wright, Cory D. and Pedersen, Nikolaj J. L. L. |
Abstract | My target in this chapter is a view that has sometimes been called the ‘Linguistic Doctrine of Necessary Truth’ (L-DoNT) and sometimes ‘Conventionalism about Necessity’.1 It is the view that necessity is grounded in the meanings of our expressions—meanings which are sometimes identified with the conventions governing those expressions—and that our knowledge of that necessity is based on our knowledge of those meanings or conventions. In its simplest form the view states that a truth, if it is necessary, is necessary (and knowably necessary) because it is analytic. |
Keywords | natural kind; contingent proposition; logical truth; true proposition; modal phenomenon |
Page range | 267-281 |
Year | 2010 |
Book title | New waves in truth |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Place of publication | Basingstoke, United Kingdom |
New York, NY, United States of America | |
Series | New waves in philosophy |
ISBN | 9780230229983 |
9780230296992 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230296992_18 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 2010 |
2010 | |
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Deposited | 17 Sep 2021 |
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