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Hugh Mellor on Frank Ramsey on Truth

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The Redundancy Theory

He developed a theory which has become famous, or notorious, dependin whether you like it or not. Most people who wrote bout truth took the view that you needed a theory of what truth is. But his view was, you don't need a theory of truth. The concept, he said, is really redundant. He gave us an example: If you say that it's true that caesar was murdered, that just means caesar was murder. And so on. Weg focus on his work on truth, just in general terms. What did he say about truth? Well, his work ontruth is an important part of what he did,. Even though he was a lecture in mathematics

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