“Truth and Meaning”
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“Truth and Meaning” is a seminal philosophical essay by Michael Dummett that develops a theory of meaning grounded in the conditions for a sentence’s truth.
All labels observed (1)
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| “Truth and Meaning” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11365951 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Truth and Meaning” Context triple: [Truth and Other Enigmas, hasPart, “Truth and Meaning”]
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A.
"The Will to Meaning"
"The Will to Meaning" is a psychological and philosophical work by Viktor Frankl that further develops his logotherapy theory, emphasizing humanity’s search for purpose as the central motivational force in life.
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B.
The Notion of Truth
"The Notion of Truth" is a philosophical essay exploring the nature, meaning, and conditions of truth within human understanding and discourse.
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C.
The Meaning of Truth
The Meaning of Truth is a philosophical work by William James that develops and defends his pragmatic theory of truth in response to critics of his earlier pragmatist writings.
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D.
"Philosophie der Wirklichkeit"
"Philosophie der Wirklichkeit" is a major philosophical work by neo-Kantian thinker Bruno Bauch that explores the nature of reality and the foundations of knowledge.
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E.
“On What There Is”
“On What There Is” is a seminal philosophical essay by W.V.O. Quine that challenges traditional notions of ontology and argues for a criterion of ontological commitment based on the quantificational structure of our best scientific theories.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Truth and Meaning” Target entity description: “Truth and Meaning” is a seminal philosophical essay by Michael Dummett that develops a theory of meaning grounded in the conditions for a sentence’s truth.
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A.
"The Will to Meaning"
"The Will to Meaning" is a psychological and philosophical work by Viktor Frankl that further develops his logotherapy theory, emphasizing humanity’s search for purpose as the central motivational force in life.
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B.
The Notion of Truth
"The Notion of Truth" is a philosophical essay exploring the nature, meaning, and conditions of truth within human understanding and discourse.
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C.
The Meaning of Truth
The Meaning of Truth is a philosophical work by William James that develops and defends his pragmatic theory of truth in response to critics of his earlier pragmatist writings.
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D.
"Philosophie der Wirklichkeit"
"Philosophie der Wirklichkeit" is a major philosophical work by neo-Kantian thinker Bruno Bauch that explores the nature of reality and the foundations of knowledge.
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E.
“On What There Is”
“On What There Is” is a seminal philosophical essay by W.V.O. Quine that challenges traditional notions of ontology and argues for a criterion of ontological commitment based on the quantificational structure of our best scientific theories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic article
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philosophical essay ⓘ |
| addresses |
compositionality of meaning
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relationship between truth and meaning ⓘ understanding of sentences ⓘ |
| arguesThat | understanding a sentence consists in knowing its truth conditions ⓘ |
| associatedWithPhilosopher |
Alfred Tarski
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Donald Davidson ⓘ Gottlob Frege ⓘ |
| author | Michael Dummett ⓘ |
| citedAs | seminal essay in truth-conditional theories of meaning ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
debate on realism and anti-realism about meaning
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development of truth-conditional semantics ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| focusesOn | conditions for a sentence’s truth ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalPosition | meaning explained via a theory of truth for a language ⓘ |
| influencedField |
analytic philosophy
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formal semantics ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
philosophy of language
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theory of meaning ⓘ truth-conditional semantics ⓘ |
| partOf | Michael Dummett’s work in philosophy of language ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| publishedIn | The Philosophical Review ⓘ |
| supportsView | meaning is determined by truth conditions ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
professional philosophers
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students of philosophy of language ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
Tarskian theory of truth
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truth-conditions ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: “Truth and Meaning” Description of subject: “Truth and Meaning” is a seminal philosophical essay by Michael Dummett that develops a theory of meaning grounded in the conditions for a sentence’s truth.
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