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deflationisms

deflationisms is the plural of deflationism.

Meaning of deflationism

Noun

deflationism (usually uncountable, plural deflationisms)

  1. (usually) A theory proposing that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.
    • In “The use of force against deflationism” they argue, against several versions of deflationism, that the concept of truth must play a substantive explanatory role in an adaquate account of assertion.2008 April 2, Robert Mößgen, “Dirk Greimann and Geo Siegwart, Truth and Speech Acts. Studies in the Philosophy of Language (=Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy, Vol. 5)”, in Erkenntnis...

Questions about deflationisms

What is deflationisms the plural of?
Deflationisms is the plural of deflationism.

Words near deflationisms in the dictionary

  1. deflation
  2. deflational
  3. deflationarily
  4. deflationary
  5. deflationism
  6. deflationisms
  7. deflationist
  8. deflationists
  9. deflations
  10. deflative
  11. deflator

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