Alethic Functionalism and Our Folk Theory of Truth: A Reply to Cory Wright

Synthese 145 (1):29-43 (2005)
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According to alethic functionalism, truth is a higher-order multiply realizable property of propositions. After briefly presenting the views main principles and motivations, I defend alethic functionalism from recent criticisms raised against it by Cory Wright. Wright argues that alethic functionalism will collapse either into deflationism or into a view that takes true as simply ambiguous. I reject both claims.

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