奥斯汀的约定真理符合论及其意义

奥斯汀认为，陈述与世界之间的符合关系是一种约定的符合关系。如果某个陈述实际上所指示的历史事态，与用于做出该陈述的语句所描述的事态类型足够相像，该陈述就可以被看作是真的。奥斯汀的这种约定的真理符合论是一种弱化的、精致化的符合论，它避免了传统符合论的模糊性，又避免了强符合论的诸多困难。

The Conventional Correspondence Theory of Truth of Austin and its Significance

Austin thought, the correspondence relations between statements and world are conventional relations. If the historic situation that some particular statement actually demonstrates is sufficiently like the type of affairs that the sentence used in making it describes, this statement can be seen as true. This conventional correspondence theory of truth of Austin's is weakened and purified correspondence theory, and it avoids the ambiguity of traditional correspondence theory and many difficulties of strong correspondence theory.