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The Guru, the Logician, and the Deflationist: Truth and Logical Consequence
Author(s) -
Shapiro Stewart
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
noûs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.574
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1468-0068
pISSN - 0029-4624
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0068.00431
Subject(s) - epistemology , logical truth , philosophy , deflation , logical consequence , ask price , field (mathematics) , mathematics , keynesian economics , economics , monetary policy , economy , pure mathematics
The deflationary view of truth and reference as I’ve presented it ... applies only to words and sentences that we understand. This may well seem worrisome, and it is important to ask both whether it should seem worrisome and whether it could be avoided. Field (1994, 260)