The Unimportance of Being Modest: A Footnote to McDowell's Note

Engel, Pascal

doi:10.1080/0967255042000324362

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The Unimportance of Being Modest: A Footnote to McDowell's Note

ContributorsEngel, Pascal

Published inInternational journal of philosophical studies, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 89-93

Publication date2005

Abstract

In this reply to John McDowell's answer to my article "The False Modesty of the Identity Theory of Truth", I argue that the kind of minimalist identity theory of truth defended by McDowell presupposes the identification of facts with true propositions and that minimalism cannot account for the normative character of the concept of truth.

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Identity
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Truth
Frege
Mcdowell, John

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ENGEL, Pascal. The Unimportance of Being Modest: A Footnote to McDowell’s Note. In: International journal of philosophical studies, 2005, vol. 13, n° 1, p. 89–93. doi: 10.1080/0967255042000324362

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PID : unige:4880
DOI : 10.1080/0967255042000324362

ISSN of the journal0967-2559

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