Truth as an epistemic ideal (Q928710)

``Truth as an epistemic ideal'' (TEI) is an essentially pragmatic attempt to epistemically define (absolute) truth. Nolt shows that this attempt is connected with problems not solvable within TEI. An essential case is the problem of negation: if negation is interpreted as unconfirmability then negations of unrefutable propositions are ``counterintuitively'' true, and if negation is interpreted as refutation then other not acceptable consequences are derivable. The two interpretations lead to two kinds of antirealism neither of which is correct. Besides, truth becomes to be dependent on standards of evidence and cannot be conceived of as absolute. Nolt supports his critique in the appendix with a strict proof of his claims based on Kripke semantics.