James A. Woodbridge is a contemporary analytic philosopher specializing in philosophy of language and philosophical logic, particularly the theory of truth. He is best known for defending a form of semantic deflationism, arguing that truth-talk is best understood as a kind of pretense or representational aid rather than as tracking a substantive property. His work engages closely with semantic paradoxes and the explanatory limits of deflationary accounts.
Developed a pretense-based deflationary account of truth discourse
Co-authored influential work with Bradley Armour-Garb on deflationism and semantic paradox
Argued that deflationary theories face explanatory gaps regarding semantic phenomena
Contributed to debates on the limits of minimalist and disquotational theories of truth
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