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De Veritate: Austro-Polish Contributions to the Theory of Truth from Brentano to Tarski

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The Vienna Circle and the Lvov-Warsaw School

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Tarski’s essay on truth is the single most important work from the Lwów-Warsaw school. But it did not come from nothing: its philosophical pedigree goes back to earlier philosophy in Vienna. This paper traces in detail the influences from Brentano, throgh his pupils and their pupils to Tarski, noting the fluctuating nature of Austro-Polish obsession with truth. An examination of the characteristics inherited from this tradition by Tarski’s theory enables us to correct several misconceptions about his work.

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Woleński, J., Simons, P. (1989). De Veritate: Austro-Polish Contributions to the Theory of Truth from Brentano to Tarski. In: The Vienna Circle and the Lvov-Warsaw School. Nijhoff International Philosophy Series, vol 38. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2829-9_17

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