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Hugh Mellor on Frank Ramsey on Truth

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The Utility of Beliefs

In his view, there's nothing to be said about what truth is. What does matter is that if you believe something about some subject matter or other, that should be true. And answering that question will tell you what it is that distinguishes one truth from another. For ramsey, utility being a technical term for what's good about it, of having true beliefs.

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