Why Truth Matters for the Study of Religion: A Defense of a Truth-Conditional Semantics
Truth-conditional semantics holds that the meaning of a linguistic expression is a function of the conditions under which it would be true. This seems to require limiting meaningfulness to linguistic phenomena for which the question of truth or falsity is relevant. Criticisms have been raised that t...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
[2018]
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Method & theory in the study of religion
Jahr: 2018, Band: 30, Heft: 4/5, Seiten: 402-424 |
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Religionswissenschaft
/ Wahrheit
/ Semantik
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| IxTheo Notationen: | AA Religionswissenschaft AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Davidson
B Semantics B Religion B Interpretation B Meaning B Truth |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Truth-conditional semantics holds that the meaning of a linguistic expression is a function of the conditions under which it would be true. This seems to require limiting meaningfulness to linguistic phenomena for which the question of truth or falsity is relevant. Criticisms have been raised that there are vast swatches of meaningful language that are simply not truth-related, with religion representing a particularly rich and prevalent source. I argue that if the concept of truth as used in a truth-conditional semantics is understood in ways other than correspondence to fact, there are suitable reformulations of a truth-conditional semantics that may be appropriate for understanding religion. I further argue that these reformulations offer considerable methodological advantages to the scholar of religion. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0682 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Method & theory in the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700682-12341426 |