Deflationism and conservativity: Who changed the subject ?

Henri Galinon (1)

1 IHPST - Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques

Deflationists about truth hold that truth is not a substantial property. But what counts as a substantial property? We shall be interested in the thesis that the following is a necessary and sufficient condition for the non-substantiality of truth.

Mots clés: philosophy of science

Domaines: Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences

Henri Galinon. Deflationism and conservativity: Who changed the subject ?. 31st International Wittgenstein Symposium : Reduktion und Elimination in Philosophie und den Wissenschaften=Reduction and Elimination in Philosophy and the Sciences, Aug 2008, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria. ⟨halshs-00792018⟩