Concepção semântica da verdade segundo Alfred Tarski

Abstract

The objective of this dissertation is analyze the problem of truth as presented by Alfred Tarski in his essay The Semantic Conception of Truth . Other theories of truth are considered, explained and classified in the first chapter. The second chapter attempts provide a general characterization of correspondence theories of truth. Tarski s essay is discussed in the third, and, finally, in the fourth chapter, the semantic and correspondence theories are compared, and the philosophical importance of the former is evaluated.