Turning the tables : inference and truth

Deflationism about truth is the thesis that truth is a "thin" or "nonsubstantial" property the meaning of which is entirely given by the tarskian T-equivalences (or T-rules) . " True ", it is said is useful for expressing some generalisations but it is devoid of any "real" explanatory power. A problem with this view is that it has proved difficult to render this " non-substantiality " claim precise. The aim of this paper is to show that the deflationist could take it to mean that truth is a kind of logical property and that this answer is in harmony with the deflationist's methodological commitments and some classical insights on logicality coming from philosophical proof-theory.

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Source Second Congress of Universal Logic
Author Galinon, Henri
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 14, 2026, 07:52 (UTC)
Created May 14, 2026, 07:52 (UTC)
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contributor Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques (IHPST) ; Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Département d'Etudes Cognitives - ENS-PSL (DEC) ; École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) ; Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) ; Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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date 2007-08-20T00:00:00
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