Contents
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1. Introduction......................................................................................................... 11
2. Theories of Truth
2.1 What is Truth?.............................................................................................. 17
2.2 Theories of Truth........................................................................................... 19
2.3 The History of the Correspondence Theory of Truth...................................... 27
3. Difficulties of the Correspondence Theory of Truth
3.1 What is the “Correspondence Relation”?....................................................... 32
3.2 What is the “Fact”?....................................................................................... 34
3.3 The Slingshot Argument................................................................................. 37
4. Russell’s Multiple-Relation Theory of Judgment and Its Problems
4.1 Russell’s Early View on Truth........................................................................ 41
4.2 Russell’s Multiple-Relation Theory and Truth................................................. 43
4.3 Problems for Russell’s Multiple-Relation Theory of Judgment......................... 47
5.
Solutions Within the Framework
of Russell’s Multiple-Relation
Theory of Judgment
5.1 A Possible Way Out for Russell’s Multiple-Relation Theory of
Judgment...................................................................................................... 51
5.2 The Problems of “Facts” and “Correspondence Relations”............................. 56
5.3 The Slingshot Argument Again....................................................................... 59
6. Conclusion.......................................................................................................... 62
References.................................................................................................................. 64