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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2018]
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Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 30, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 402-424 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Science of Religion
/ Truth
/ Semantics
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AG Religious life; material religion |
| Further subjects: | B
Interpretation of
B Davidson B Semantics B Religion B Meaning B Truth |
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