The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Episode 194: Alfred Tarski on Truth (Part Two)

Continuing on Tarski's “The Semantic Conception of Truth and the Foundations of Semantics" (1944), Hartry Field's “Tarski's Theory of Truth” (1972), and Donald Davidson's “The Folly of Trying to Define Truth” (1977). What was Tarski really doing? What are the implications of his project? Does it even make sense to define "truth," and what should a definition look like? Listen to <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2018/07/09/ep194-1-tarski/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">part one</a> first, or get the ad-free <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2018/07/08/ep194-tarski-citizen/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Citizen Edition</a>. Look out for the Citizen-only bonus discussion of Shakespeare's Tempest, posting soon! <a href="http://www.partiallyexaminedlife.com/support" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Please support PEL!</a> End song: "In Vino Vertias" by Sunspot; Mark interviewed Mike Huberty on <a href="http://nakedlyexaminedmusic.com/nem64-mike-huberty-sunspot/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Nakedly Examined Music #64</a>.

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