Abstract

Truth is often considered to be a logico-linguistic tool for expressing indirect endorsements and infinite conjunctions. In this article, I will point out another logico-linguistic function of truth: to enable and validate what I call a blind argument, namely, an argument that involves indirectly endorsed statements. Admitting this function among the logico-linguistic functions of truth has some interesting consequences. In particular, it yields a new type of so-called conservativeness argument, which poses a new type of threat to deflationism about truth.

中文翻译：

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真理的作用和保守性论证

摘要

真理通常被认为是表达间接认可和无限连词的逻辑语言工具。在本文中，我将指出真理的另一个逻辑语言功能：启用和验证我所谓的盲目论证，即涉及间接认可陈述的论证。在真理的逻辑语言功能中承认这一功能会产生一些有趣的后果。特别是，它产生了一种新型的所谓保守论点，它对真理的紧缩主义构成了一种新型的威胁。