• Truthier Than Thou: Truth, Supertruth and Probability of Truth Smith, Nicholas J.j. 2016 Noûs , Vol. 50 , Issue 4 , S. 740 ff. ( Zeitschrift ) Englisch 0029-4624 | 1468-0068 Abstract

    Different formal tools are useful for different purposes. For example, when it comes to modelling degrees of belief, probability theory is a better tool than classical logic; when it comes to modelling the truth of mathematical claims, classical logic is a better tool than probability theory. In this paper I focus on a widely used formal tool and argue that it does not provide a good model of a phenomenon of which many think it does provide a good model: I shall argue that while supervaluationism may provide a model of probability of truth, or of assertability, it cannot provide a good model of truth—supertruth cannot be truth. The core of the argument is that an adequate model of truth must render certain connectives truth-functional (at least in certain circumstances)—and supervaluationism does not do so (in those circumstances).

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