課程資訊
課程名稱
 真之理論
Theories of Truth 
開課學期
 105-2 
授課對象
 文學院  哲學研究所  
授課教師
 楊金穆 
課號
 Phl7710 
課程識別碼
 124EM2960 
班次
  
學分
 3.0 
全/半年
 半年 
必/選修
 選修 
上課時間
 星期四7,8,9(14:20~17:20) 
上課地點
 哲研討室二 
備註
 本課程以英語授課。B領域。
總人數上限：15人 
  
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課程概述

○. Introduction: The concept of truth and the traditional debates over the nature of truth

Unit 1 Semantic conception of truth

1.1 Tarski's semantic theory of truth

Tarski, A. (1944), ‘The semantic conception of truth’, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, vol. 4 (1944), 341-76; reprinted in Semantics and the philosophy of language, L. Linsky (ed.), Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1952,13-47; also reprinted in Alfred Tarski - Collected Papers, Vol. 2: 1935-44, S. R. Givant and R. N. McKenzie (eds.), Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, 1986, 661-99.
----- (1969), ‘Truth and proof’, in Fundamental Problems in Philosophy, O. Haufling (ed.), Oxford: Blackwell and Mott, 1973, a revision of one of the same title originally appeared in Scientific American, vol. 6 (1969), 63-77 (reprinted in A Philosophical Companion to First-order Logic, edited with an overview by R. I. G. Hughes, Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1993, 101-125); reprinted in Alfred Tarski －Collected Papers, Vol. 4: 1958-79, S. R. Givant and R. N. McKenzie (eds.), Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, 1986, 399-423.

1.2 Hartry Field on Tarski's semantic conception of truth

Field, H. (1972/[2001]), ‘Tarski's theory of truth’, The Journal of Philosophy, (1972); reprinted in Reference, Truth and Reality, M. Platts (ed.), London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980, 83-110; also reprinted with Postscript in Truth and the Absence of Fact, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2001, 3-29.

1.3 Austin’s semantic account of truth

Austin, J. L (1950), ‘Truth’, Aristotelian Society, suppl. vol.24 (1950), 111-29; reprinted in Truth, G. Pitcher (ed.), Oxford: Clarendon, 1964, 18-31; also reprinted in Truth, S. Blackburn and K. Simmons (eds.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, 149-61.
Strawson, P. F. (1950), ‘Truth’, Aristotelian Society, suppl. vol. 24 (1950), 129-56; reprinted in G. Pitcher (ed.) Truth, Oxford: Clarendon, 1964; also reprinted in Truth, S. Blackburn and K. Simmons (eds.), Oxford: Oxford University 

課程目標
 The course is the third part of the series of tutorial-based courses on fundamental topics in the philosophy of language and logic. We shall examine a variety of account /theories of truth and related topics. 
課程要求
 無 
預期每週課後學習時數
  
Office Hours
  
參考書目
 Introductory readings on theories of truth

Blackburn, S. and Simmons, K. eds. (1999), Truth, Oxford: Oxford University Press. The editorial introduction pays a special attention to the development of deflationistic/ minimal account of truth.
Davitt, M. (1997), Realism and Truth, second edition with new Afterword, Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Dodd, J. (2000), An Identity Theory of Truth, London: MacMillan.
Kirkham, R. L. (1992), Theories of Truth, Cambridge, Mass.: The M.I.T. Press.
Johnson, L.E. J. (1992), Focusing on Truth, London: Routledge.
Soames, S. (1999), Understanding Truth, New York: Oxford University Press.
Villanueva, E. (1997), Truth (Philosophical Issues, 8) Atascadero, California: Ridgeview.
Walker, R. C. S. (1997), ‘Theories of truth’, in A Companion to the Philosophy of Language, B. Hale and C. Wright (eds.), Oxford: Blackwell, 1997, 309-330; this paper provides a brief survey of the topics relating a variety of theories of truths.
Williams, C. J. F., What is Truth, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976.

 
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No.
項目
百分比
說明
1. 
 Long essay for end-of-term exam 
40% 
  
2. 
 Weekly assignment 
30% 
  
3. 
 Class contribution 
30% 
  
 
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
第1週
 2/23  Introduction 
第2週
 3/02  Tarski, A. (1944/1986), ‘The semantic conception of truth’, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 4:341-76.

----- (1969), ‘Truth and Proof’, in Fundamental Problems in Philosophy, O. Haufling (ed.), Oxford: Backwell and Mott, 1973.
 
第3週
 3/09  Field, H. (1972/2001), ‘Tarski’s theory of truth’, The Journal of Philosophy 64 (13): 347-375. 
第4週
 3/16  Parsons, C. (1974), ‘Content and context: The liar paradox’, The Journal of Philosophical Logic 3: 381-412. 
第5週
 3/23  Kripke, S. (1975), ‘Outline of a theory of truth’, The Journal of Philosophy 72: 690-716. 
第6週
 3/30  Gupta, A. (2001), ‘Truth’, in Blackwell Guide to Philosophical Logical Logic, L. Goble (ed.), Oxford: Blackwell, 90-114. 
第7週
 4/06  Austin, J. L. (1950), ‘Truth’, Aristotelian Society, suppl. Vol. 24 (1950), 111-29.

Strawson, P. F. (1950), ‘Truth’, Aristotelian Society, suppl. Vol. 24 (1950), 129-56.
 
第8週
 4/13  Dummett, M. (1959), ‘Truth’, reprinted in Truth and Other Enigmas, London: Duckworth, 1978, 1-24. 
第9週
 4/20  Midterm Exam (no class) 
第10週
 4/27  Frege, G. 1915. My basic logical insights. In Posthumous Writings. H. Hermes, F. Kambartel and F. Kaulbach. Eds. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. 1979. Pp.251-2.

Sluga, H. 1980. Gottlob Frege. (Especially pages112-7.) London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Ramsey, F. P. 1927. Fact and propositions. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society7 (1):153-170. Reprinted in Foundation. D. H. Mellor. Ed. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1978. Pp.40-57. Also reprinted in Truth –Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society. The Virtue Issue. 1.Longworth, Guy. Ed.(Pages 14-28.) London: The Aristotelian Society. 2013.

Prior, A. N. 1971. Objects of Thought. P. T. Geach and A. F. P. Kenny. Eds. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Pp. 11-13, 24-26, also 98-101, especially, pp. 44-5.

Hugly, P. and C. Sayward. 1996. Prior on truth－A first look. Ch. 3 of Intensionality and Truth- An Essay on the Philosophy of A. N. Prior. Dordrecht: Kluwer.
 
第11週
 5/04  Quine, W. V. 1992. Truth. In Pursuit of Truth. Second edition. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. Pp.77-102.

-----1986.Philosophy of Logic. §1.5: Truth and Semantic Ascent. Second edition. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. Pp.10-13.

-----1960.Word and Object.§ 56Semantic Ascent. Cambridge, Mass.: M. I. T. Press.270-76.
 
第12週
 5/11  Horwich, P. 1999. The minimalist conception of truth. In Truth. S. Blackburn and K. Simmons. Eds. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp.239-263. 
第13週
 5/18  Davidson, D. (1986/2001), ‘A coherence theory of truth and knowledge’, in Truth and Interpretation: Perspectives on the Philosophy of Donald Davisdon, E. LePore (ed.), Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1986, 307-319.

----- (1999), ‘The centrality of truth’, in Truth and its Nature (If Any), J. Peregrin (ed.), Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999, 105-115.
 
第14週
 5/25  Dummett, M. (2006), ‘Facts and propositions’ (chap. 1, pp. 1-13), ‘Semantics and metaphysics’ (chap.2, pp. 14-28), and ‘Truth and meaning’ (chap.3, pp. 29-44) in Thought and Reality, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2006. 
第15週
 6/01  Armstrong, D. M. (2004), ‘The general theory of truthmaking’, Chap. 2 of Truth and Truthmakers, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 4-25. 
第16週
 6/08  Lewis, D. (2001), ‘Truthmaking and difference-making’, Nous 35 (4): 602-615. 
第17週
 6/15  Review 
第18週
 6/22  Final Exam (no class)