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203Metasemantics, moderate inflationism, and correspondence truthDissertation, University of British Columbia. 2023.An object-based correspondence theory of truth holds that a truth-bearer is true whenever its truth conditions are met by objects and their properties. In order to develop such a view, the principal task is to explain how truth-bearers become endowed with their truth conditions. Modern versions of the correspondence theory see this project as the synthesis of two theoretical endeavours: basic metasemantics and compositional semantics. Basic metasemantics is the theory of how simple, meaningful i…Read more
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59Between Deflationism and Inflationism: A Moderate View on Truth and ReferencePhilosophical Quarterly 72 (3): 673-694. 2021.This essay argues for a two-part thesis concerning the deflationist theories of truth and reference. First, I identify two points of contrast between the deflationist theories and their traditional inflationary opponents: (1) they each employ different orders of explanation for the variety of semantic phenomena, and (2) the inflationist is typically taken to be beholden to a reductive explanation of reference, whereas the deflationist is doubtful of this project. Secondly, I argue that these two…Read more
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97Theorizing about truth outside of one’s own languagePhilosophical Studies 177 (4): 883-903. 2020.A theory of truth is language-transcendent if it ascribes truth conditions to truth-bearers that are not expressible in our natural language; a theory is language-immanent if it is not language-transcendent. In this paper, I argue for the following theses. Whether the correct theory of truth is language-transcendent or language-immanent will have significant consequences for general philosophy. Prima facie, a language-transcendent theory is preferable. However, language-transcendent theories ten…Read more
Graham Seth Moore
University of British Columbia, Okanagan
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University of British Columbia, OkanaganLecturer
University of British Columbia
PhD, 2023
Areas of Specialization
Truth |
Theories of Truth |
Meaning |
Reference |