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Tasks of Truth-Theories

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This chapter concentrates on problems discussed in truth theories, namely truth-bearers, the question whether the concept of truth belongs to ontology, epistemology or axiology, the definability of truth, truth-criteria, formal properties of the division of truth-bearers into truths and falsehoods, truth and logic, relations between the concept of truth and other philosophical notions, the applicability of the concept of truth to common sense, science, art, religion, morality, etc.

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Woleński, J. (2019). Tasks of Truth-Theories. In: Semantics and Truth. Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science, vol 45. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24536-8_4

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