The Nature of Truth
Textbook:
Simon Blackburn and Keith Simmons (ed.), Truth, OUP, 1999. (Available at the UiO bookstore.)
Preliminary reading list:
Donald Davidson, ‘The Folly of Trying to Define Truth’, Journal of Philosophy, 1996. [In Truth, Simon Blackburn and Keith Simmons (ed.), OUP: 1999.]
Donald Davidson, ‘The Structure and Content of Truth’, Journal of Philosophy, 1990, 279-328.
Michael Dummett, ‘Language and Truth’. In: The Seas of Language, OUP, 1993.
Hartry Field, ‘Deflationist Views of Meaning and Content,’ Mind, 1994, 249-84. [In Truth, Simon Blackburn and Keith Simmons (ed.), OUP: 1999.]
Gottlob Frege, ‘The Thought: A Logical Enquiry’. [In Truth, Simon Blackburn and Keith Simmons (ed.), OUP: 1999.]
Anil Gupta, ‘A Critique of Deflationism,’ Philosophical Topics, 1993, 57-81. In: Truth, Simon Blackburn and Keith Simmons (ed.), OUP: 1999.
Jennifer Hornsby, ‘Truth:the Identity Theory,’ Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 1997, 1-24.
Paul Horwich, Truth, Chap. 1, ’The Minimal Theory’, OUP, 1998
Paul Horwich, ‘The Minimalist Conception of Truth,’ in: Truth, Simon Blackburn and Keith Simmons (ed.), OUP: 1999, pp 239-263.
Paul Horwich, Reflections on Meaning, Chap. 2: ‘A Use Theory of Meaning,’ OUP, 2005
W.V. Quine, Philosophy of Logic, excerpt from Chap. 1. Prentice Hall, 1970. In: Truth, Simon Blackburn and Keith Simmons (ed.), OUP: 1999.
Crispin Wright, ‘Truth: A Traditional Debate Reviewed’. In: Truth, Simon Blackburn and Keith Simmons (ed.), OUP: 1999.
Useful survey articles/background reading:
Simon Blackburn and Keith Simmons,‘Introduction’. In: Truth, Simon Blackburn and Keith Simmons (ed.), OUP: 1999. pp.1-28.
Ralph C. S. Walker, ‘Theories of Truth’ in: A Companion to the Philosophy of Language, Bob Hale and Crispin Wright (ed.) Blackwell, 1999.