Episode 195: Truth-The Austin/Strawson Debate (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

• Episode: Episode 195: Truth-The Austin/Strawson Debate (Part One)
• Website: The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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• Duration: 01:01:27
• Published: 2018-07-23 14:15

On two articles in the "ordinary language" tradition of philosophy called "Truth" from 1950 by J.L. Austin and P.F. Strawson.

Is truth a property of particular speech acts, or of the propositions expressed through speech acts? Does truth mean correspondence with the facts, or does the word "fact" make this definition totally uninformative? Does saying "is true" add any information content to a sentence over and above just stating that sentence?

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