Truth Ascriptions: A New Nature of Truth

Abstract

In The Nature of Truth: An Updated Approach to the Meaning of Truth Ascriptions, M. J. Frápolli presents a novel approach to the meaning of truth ascriptions, defending that this kind of expression should play an essential role in our understanding of the notion of truth. A crucial part of that account is a detailed taxonomy of the different types of truth ascriptions, as well as the different pragmatic roles truth ascriptions can perform. In this critical notice I will show that the proposed framework has several flaws concerning both the taxonomy and the pragmatic roles of truth ascriptions.