Wrestling With the Truth
Why do popular philosophical theories of truth deliberately deflate truth’s value? They argue that there is no difference in saying, ” It is true that Trump colluded with the Russians." and, "Trump colluded with the Russians." They argue that the concept "truth" seems to be redundant, because it isn't saying more than what the statement says without it. The deflationists want us to believe that there is nothing much to "truth", that it doesn't add anything to our assertions unless we are generalizing about multiple statements, as in "What Mueller said was true." If truth is nothing more than a logical connective, why do people everywhere feel so passionate about it? Why is it so important that we get to hear what’s really in the Mueller report? Why do we want to know what really happened during the 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign? Doesn’t knowing what really happened, or who a person really is, matter critically to wha