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Assertion vs Deflationism - What's the difference?

assertion | deflationism |

As nouns the difference between assertion and deflationism

is that assertion is the act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced while deflationism is (philosophy) a theory proposing that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.

assertion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.
  • Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.
  • (computing) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.

    • Related terms

    * assertoric

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    deflationism

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (philosophy) A theory proposing that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.
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    • , passage=In “The use of force against deflationism ” they argue, against several versions of deflationism, that the concept of truth must play a substantive explanatory role in an adaquate account of assertion. }}