The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Episode 195: Truth-The Austin/Strawson Debate (Part Two)

Continuing on "Truth" by J.L. Austin and "Truth" by P.F. Strawson both from 1950. We proceed to the Strawson article, which critiques the notion of a "fact" as explaining why a sentence might be true. A "fact" is not a thing in the world! So what do we add when we change "The cat is on the mat" to "'The cat is on the mat' is true?" Listen to <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2018/07/23/ep195-1-austin-strawson/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Part One</a> first, or get the unbroken, ad-free <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2018/07/22/ep195-austin-strawson-citizen/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Citizen Edition</a>. <a href="http://www.partiallyexaminedlife.com/support" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Please support PEL!</a> End song: "Troof" by Shawn Phillips, as interviewed for <a href="http://nakedlyexaminedmusic.com/nem77-shawn-phillips/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Nakedly Examined Music #77.</a>

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