Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 23:58:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ruth Groff <rgroff-AT-yorku.ca>
Subject: BHA: theories of truth


Hi Doug and all,

Others may know this terminology better than I do, but as I understand it,
identifying truth with "warranted belief" is one of a body of approaches the
term for which seems to be "epistemic" -- that is, "p is true" *MEANS* "we
are justified in asserting p" [as opposed to a proponent of a non-epistemic
view, who would say (I think) "we are justified in asserting p *BECAUSE*
it's true"]. 
Pragmatists, meanwhile, seem to think something like p is true just in case
it is useful to believe that p.  You would think that pragmatism would, or
at least could, be a *version* of the epistemic approach, but I'm not sure
if they see it that way.

In terms of disquotational and deflationary, here my understanding is that
the former is treated as a version of the latter.  Louis?

I'm getting piles of those "undeliverable" messages too.  Anybody know what
to do?

Ruth    



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