Editing Deflationary theory of truth (section)

==Performative theory==

[[Peter Strawson]] formulated a ''performative theory'' of truth in the 1950s. Like Ramsey, Strawson believed that there was no separate problem of truth apart from determining the semantic contents  (or facts of the world) which give the words and sentences of language the meanings that they have. Once the questions of meaning and reference are resolved, there is no further question of truth. Strawson's view differs from Ramsey's, however, in that Strawson maintains that there is an important role for the expression "is true": specifically, it has a ''performative'' role similar to "I promise to clean the house".  In asserting that ''p'' is true, we not only assert that ''p'' but also perform the "[[speech act]]" of confirming the truth of a statement in a context. We signal our agreement or approbation of a previously uttered assertion or confirm some commonly held belief or imply that what we are asserting is likely to be accepted by others in the same context.