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Professor Twardowski and the Relativist Menace

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Haack S.

Filozofia Nauki

2011

vol. 19

issue 4

25-33

The first part of the argument of this paper is that Prof. Twardowski’s attempt to dispose of relativism once and for all in his short paper does not succeed-for a number of interrelated reasons: (i) Twardowski’s argument that there are no relative truths fails: it is not exhaustive. (ii) Even with respect to the examples on which he focuses, it is inconclusive, relying on an unclear and unexplained concept of judgment, and the unjustified assumption that only judgments are literally true or false. (iii) More fundamentally, Twardowski’s approach relies on a conception of relativism which badly over-simplifies a very complex phenomenon.

The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth

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Haack S.

Filozofia Nauki

2011

vol. 19

issue 4

7-23

„Much truth is spoken, that more may be concealed,” wrote Mr. Justice Darling in 1879. Opening with an articulation of the distinction between truth (the concept or phenomenon) and truths (particular true propositions), and of some thoughts about vagueness, this paper is largely devoted to: (1) developing an account of the dual meaning of „partially true” (true-in-part vs. part-of-the-truth); and (2) understanding the reasons for, and the dangers of, the very common tendency to mislead by telling only part of the relevant truth.

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Professor Twardowski and the Relativist Menace

The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth