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A definition delimits or describes the meaning of a concept or term by stating the essential properties of the entities or objects denoted by that concept or term. The word or phrase to be defined is the definiendum (plural: definienda) and the phrase defining it is the definiens (plural: definientia).
For example, in the definition "a bachelor is an unmarried man", the definiendum is "bachelor", and the definiens is "unmarried man". In this example, the words "a", "is", "an" are easily replacable by another sign (which expresses that the first term is defined by the terms following the sign ":="): "bachelor" := "unmarried man". Often, as in this example, the definition is a statement that expresses a logical equivalence between the definiendum and the definiens.
Kinds of definition
A number of different kinds and techniques of definition can be distinguished, including: More on [ Definition ]
The truth or falsehood of all man's conclusions, inferences, thought, and knowledge rests on the truth or falsehood of his definitions.
BearOfRehab (Bear ThunderHeart) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:53:14 -0000
The truth or falsehood of all man's conclusions, inferences, thought, and knowledge rests on the truth or falsehood of his definitions.
@TMinistry Oh, forgive me for using definitions! Maybe we should change the definition of fiction to truth, just for the hell of it. ;)
EmilysPoste (Emily Wollan) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:52:44 -0000
@TMinistry Oh, forgive me for using definitions! Maybe we should change the definition of fiction to truth, just for the hell of it. ;)
Coherence Theory of Truth - The truth of any (true) proposition consists in its coherence with some specified set of propositions. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by James O. Young.
Correspondence Theory of Truth - The thesis that propositions are made true in virtue of corresponding to facts; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Marian David.
Deflationary Theory of Truth - According to the deflationary theory of truth, to assert that a statement is true is just to assert the statement itself. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Daniel Stoljar.
Identity Theory of Truth - When a truth-bearer (e.g. a proposition) is true, there is a truth-maker (e.g. a fact) with which it is identical and the truth of the former consists in its identity with the latter. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Stewart Candlish.
In Spite of Davidson's Arguments for `The Folly of Trying to Define Truth', Truth Can Be Defined - Article by Dan Nesher presented at the 20th World Congress of Philosophy.
Revision Theory of Truth - Theory developed in an attempt to analyze paradoxes such as the liar paradox that appear to show that common-sense beliefs about truth are inconsistent. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Eric M. Hammer.
The Diamond Theory of Truth - Trudeau, in The Non-Euclidean Revolution, argued for his Story Theory of truth as opposed to the traditional Diamond Theory of truth. This site defends Plato and diamond theory against postmodernists and story theory.
The Semantical Conception of Truth - Online text of Tarski's 1944 article.
Truthlikeness - Discussion of notion of verisimilitude, closeness to truth; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Graham Oddie.
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What is Truth? - Essay by Peter B. Lloyd covering the basic varieties of theories of truth, and Tarksi's semantics of truth.
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