Normativity and Deflationary Theories of Truth

Authors

  • Bruno Mölder Department of Philosophy, University of Tartu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12697/spe.2008.1.2.03

Keywords:

normativity, truth, minimalism

Abstract

It has been argued that deflationary theories of truth stumble over the normativity of truth. This paper maintains that the normativity objection does not pose problems to at least one version of deflationism, minimalism. The rest of the paper discusses truth-related norms, showing that either they do not hold or they are not troublesome for deflationism.

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Published

2008-08-14

How to Cite

Mölder, B. (2008). Normativity and Deflationary Theories of Truth. Studia Philosophica Estonica, 1(2), 179–193. https://doi.org/10.12697/spe.2008.1.2.03