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NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
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LA121569
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انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Why Truth Matters for the Study of Religion:
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[Article]
Other Title Information
A Defense of a Truth-Conditional Semantics
First Statement of Responsibility
Mark Q. Gardiner
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Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Truth-conditional semantics holds that the meaning of a linguistic expression is a function of the conditions under which it would be true. This seems to require limiting meaningfulness to linguistic phenomena for which the question of truth or falsity is relevant. Criticisms have been raised that there are vast swatches of meaningful language that are simply not truth-related, with religion representing a particularly rich and prevalent source. I argue that if the concept of truth as used in a truth-conditional semantics is understood in ways other than correspondence to fact, there are suitable reformulations of a truth-conditional semantics that may be appropriate for understanding religion. I further argue that these reformulations offer considerable methodological advantages to the scholar of religion. Truth-conditional semantics holds that the meaning of a linguistic expression is a function of the conditions under which it would be true. This seems to require limiting meaningfulness to linguistic phenomena for which the question of truth or falsity is relevant. Criticisms have been raised that there are vast swatches of meaningful language that are simply not truth-related, with religion representing a particularly rich and prevalent source. I argue that if the concept of truth as used in a truth-conditional semantics is understood in ways other than correspondence to fact, there are suitable reformulations of a truth-conditional semantics that may be appropriate for understanding religion. I further argue that these reformulations offer considerable methodological advantages to the scholar of religion.
SET
Date of Publication
2018
Physical description
402-424
Title
Method & Theory in the Study of Religion
Volume Number
30/4-5
International Standard Serial Number
1570-0682
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
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Davidson
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General
Subject Term
interpretation
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meaning
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religion
Subject Term
Religious Studies
Subject Term
semantics
Subject Term
truth
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Mark Q. Gardiner
LOCATION AND CALL NUMBER
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10.1163/15700682-12341426
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[Article]
275578
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