显现:功能主义真理论的重要概念

Manifestation: An Important Concept of the Functionalist Theory of Truth

作为多元主义真理论的主要代表,功能主义真理论主张真是一种功能性质,能够被不同论域的低阶性质显现。因此,真既是"一"又是"多"。低阶性质与真之间是反对称的显现关系,前者显现后者,后者内在于前者。可以看出,显现是功能主义真理论的重要概念,显现关系是真之"一"与"多"之间的桥梁;然而,显现关系也遭到了质疑。

As the main representative of truth pluralism,functionalism claims that truth is a functional property,which can be manifested by lower-level properties of different domains. Therefore,truth is both“one”and“many”. There is an asymmetric manifestation relation between low-level properties and truth. Low-level properties can manifest truth,or truth is immanent in low-level properties. It can be seen that“manifestation”is an important concept of functionalism,and the manifestation relation serves as a link between“one”and“many”,but this relation has also been questioned.