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Wskaźniki osiągnięć w ocenie skuteczności i efektywności kształcenia w szkołach wyższych

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Jelonek M.

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nr 894

41-53

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The use of performance indicators in the diagnosis and evaluation of institutions of higher education (HE) is becoming ever more common. This article is devoted to problems in using such indicators to assess the work of the university. This issue is firmly rooted in the ongoing contemporary debate on the effectiveness and efficiency of the academic sector. I look at both the potential for the use of performance indicators and their weaknesses, and further propose to discuss two problems related to the use of the performance indicators in higher education. In the paper the types and methods of constructing the indicators used to evaluate HE institutions are characterised. Key criteria for evaluating these metrics are then presented. Reflections on the selection of indicators and construction criteria are illustrated by the example of selected, frequently misinterpreted indicators.

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CHEMISTRY E-EDUCATION AT THE FACULTY OF CHEMISTRY AT WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (E-nauczanie chemii na Wydziale Chemicznym Politechniki Wroclawskiej)

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Wojciechowski P.

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2010

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nr 3(35)

32-35

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The idea of new means of teaching is creating the conditions for fast and permanent knowledge absorbing as well as facilitating an access to educational materials with simultaneous improving courses attractiveness. Such perspectives are offered by e-learning courses, which enable the lecturer to adjust the pace of classes to individual students needs and to prepare such material that reaches the students in an easy way. Uncontested advantage of e-education is elimination of the limits concerning the time and place of studying, which allows work at home, at the university as well as enables to participate in courses during popular international students exchange programs. E-evaluation provides an opportunity for an effective, objective and fast evaluation of high number of students. The paper presents diverse solutions applied in electronic support for didactics at the Faculty of Chemistry at Wroclaw University of Technology.

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MOŽNOSTI REKONŠTRUKCIE, ANALÝZY A HODNOTENIA ARGUMENTOV

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Bielik L.

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nr 2

91 – 108

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Arguments formulated in a natural or scientific language usually allow for various different reconstructions. Alternative reconstructions may pertain to different approaches to inference and argumentation (such as classical predicate logic, Bayesian epistemology and many others). However, how are we to select one from among various available reconstructions? The paper provides an analysis of three different reconstructions of a particular argument and discusses their pros and cons with respect to several logical and extra-logical properties. Moreover, the three potential selection principles are considered. It is argued that they work adequately only when subjected to a specific aim of the context of argument-reconstruction.

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AUDITING IN THE GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION (Kontrola w administracji rzadowej)

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Bolek T. , Rosinska D.

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nr 1(342)

35-54

EN

Until recently, in ministries there were over 160 regulations of various types related to auditing, while some of other offices did not have any regulations whatever in the field. It was therefore necessary to introduce urgently some systemic changes that would strengthen the audit function in the government administration. The Act on auditing in the government administration, in force since 1 January 2012, does not repeal all detailed procedures binding so far, still it introduces unified standards for audit proceedings. The new Act clearly states their criteria and stages, the rights of the parties, a list of evidence and manners of audit documenting. Moreover, one document has been introduced to replace the audit protocol and the post-audit statement. This marks the beginning of a new stage in the functioning of institutional auditing in the government administration. On the basis of the Act, audit standards have been also developed, which comprise fundamental requirements as for managing, performing and ensuring audit quality. They are also meant to provide the basis for evaluating the quality of audit units in the government administration. At the same time, works on developing and implementing a system for specialist training have been started in the area of human resources management, to satisfy the needs of the audit staff. They are aimed at increasing the quality of the staff, so that to make the results of their work reliable and, consequently, to provide the basis for the heads of ministries and offices to take up managerial decisions and to improve the functioning of the government administration. The authors describe the provisions of the Act, and the activities of the Office of the Prime Minister that led to the development and adoption of the Act, and those related to its implementation.

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Ewaluacja efektywności polityki rozwoju w zakresie aktywizacji gospodarczej regionu opolskiego

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Mach Ł. , Zygmunt J.

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nr 2(28)

33-40

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This paper looks at the issue of the evaluation of development policy efficiency in the scope of economic activation. The main goal of the paper is to evaluate the efficiency of development policy connected with economic activation in the Opolskie region. It consists of two parts. The first relates to the issues concerned with economic activation and its importance in efficient creation of development policy, together with its evaluation. The second part includes an attempt at quantitative evaluation of the effectiveness of development policies in economic activation, particularly in the area of SME sector development. The main tools of statistical analysis used to determine the level of development of the SME sector is a multidimensional method of comparative analysis.

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EVALUATION OF THE PRE-SERVICE ENGLISH TEACHER EDUCATION IN A UNIVERSITY IN CHINA: PROS AND CONS FROM AN INSIDER’S JOURNEY OF LEARNING

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Ping W.

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2015

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tom 6

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nr 1

151 – 174

EN

The theme of the paper is to reveal how well-prepared pre-service teachers think they are. It aims at reviewing the 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 cohorts studying for a BA in TEFL at a university by examining the impact and the effectiveness of four-year pre-service English education in a Chinese university context, and what needs to be improved and maintained from the perspective of trainees. Questionnaires were used, followed by semi-structured interviews. The questionnaires were completed by 300 participants, 200 of whom were then randomly chosen as interviewees. Despite finding some inconsistency in the four-year BA TEFL program, the result obtained from investigation of the cohort of student teachers is still satisfying.

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THE VALUATION OF THE HUMAN CAPITAL AS THE ESSENTIAL ASPECT OF THE ENTERPRISE FUNCTIONING (Wycena kapitalu ludzkiego jako istotny aspekt funkcjonowania przedsiebiorstwa)

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Filipiak-Pilarska K.

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nr 2(10)

63-73

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The study presents definitions of the human capital and methods of both the tools of the measurement and the evaluation of the human capital. Next we present the arguments for taking away the human capital as an active member of the enterprise, as well as an example of the human capital evaluation by the model employee which constitutes the ground for showing the income of this active member of the enterprise's financial aspect.

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THE SYSTEM OF DIDACTIC EVALUATION AT AN ECONOMIC UNIVERSITY - THE EXPERIENCES OF CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS (System oceny dydaktyki na uczelni ekonomicznej - z doswiadczen Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie)

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Wiktor J. W.

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nr 4(36)

4-10

EN

The article provides an insight into the issues of education quality system at Cracow University of Economics in the perspective of an university's functions and the role of didactics in its functioning. The author describes some positive experience with the usage of information and communication technologies in education quality system. The article focuses on the methodology and organization of this system.

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Metodyka szacowania kosztów zewnętrznych wytwarzania energii w układzie lokalnym

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Graczyk A.

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nr 2(28)

73-78

EN

The aim of the article is a proposed methodology of external costs evaluation with the use of a methodology based mainly on European Union research studies. The basis is the method of the impact pathway approach on advantages of incumbent environmental services introduced in the first part of article. The procedure of external costs evaluation of energy systems of communes and administrative districts is discussed in the second part, with particular regard to recommended solutions at individual stages of procedure.

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OD TRANSAKČNÝCH NÁKLADOV K NOBELOVÝM BENEFITOM: VYSVETĽUJÚ PUBLIKOVANÉ ČLÁNKY A ICH MEDZINÁRODNÉ HODNOTENIE CELÝ ÚSPECH O.E. WILLIAMSONA?

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Brzica D.

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tom 58

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nr 10

983 – 1005

EN

The paper aims, besides evaluation of importance of Williamson’s work, to verify empirically the hypothesis whether there are also some other factors (e.g. confirmation of theoretical results in practice or attractiveness of his work to academicians and policy makers) behind the Williamson’s success and not only the quality of his (especially journal) publications (as indicated in IDEAS RePEc database). The example of Williamson´s work is used here for a broader discussion of the problem to what extent can serve only purely quantitative data as a basis for evaluation of the best economists. The author research confirms his hypothesis and shows that despite the fact that rankings based on scientific journal publications and citations represent an important selection mechanism for selection of the best scientist in economics, they are not complex enough to be the only way how to nominate the best scientists as is shown in the case of “Nobel prize” selection.

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EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COHESION POLICY: PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCES IN PREVIOUS PERIODS OF THE OPOLSKIE VOIVODESHIP AND A NEW VISION FOR COHESION POLICY AFTER 2013 (Polish title below)

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Bedrunka K.

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nr 4(26)

7-14

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(Polish title: Efektywne wdrazanie polityki spojnosci - doswiadczenia dotychczasowych okresow programowania w wojewodztwie opolskim a nowa wizja Polityki Spojnosci po 2013 roku). The article raises that in discussing the future of the Cohesion Policy, an important argument is the effective use of EU funds by Poland from the previous programming periods, i.e., 2004-2006 and 2007-2013. The financial and material results obtained in the Opolskie voievodeship within the Integrated Regional Operational Programme for 2007-2013, and the Regional Operational Programme for the Opolskie voivodeship 2007-2013 have been analysed. It has been proven that, under both programmes, the region achieved significant successes, such as: within the RPO WO 2007-2013 in the competition for additional funds from the National Performance Reserve took the first place. This demonstrates the effectiveness of regional absorption. Effectiveness of this type should be recognized in the implementation system based on efficiency. The article attempts to prove that it is a sufficient argument, for the next programming period, to maintain, among others, the Cohesion Policy and the instrument of National Implementation Provisions.

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Regional Innovation Policy in South Moravia

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Loudin J. , Filacek A. , Kostka M. , Tydlackova K.

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tom 17/30

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nr 1

5-30

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Regional Research and Innovation Policy in Action - the Efficient Tools for Regional Catching-up in New Member States (Regions of Knowledge - FP6). The regional practices of innovation policy in eight EU member states are presented in case studies, elaborated for one region in each country with South Moravia representing the Czech Republic. South Moravian innovation policy is analyzed in three fundamental dimensions: strategy formation, policy deployment, and practices at the programme level. These are the constituent elements of the process that was defined by the ProAct consortium as so called 'ProAct policy learning cycle'. The benchmark methodology (The ProAct Benchmarking Framework) was applied in the case studies to explore good practices in regional innovation and research policy. In the study, the role of South Moravian Innovation Centre (JIC - Jihomoravske inovacni centrum) is highlighted.

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EVALUATION OF SYNERGIC EFFECTS AS THE ELEMENT OF COMPETITIVENESS MANAGEMENT CONCEPTION OF PRODUCTION-ECONOMIC STRUCTURES (Otsiniuvannia synerhichnykh efektiv iak element kontseptsii upravlinnia konkurentospromozhnistiu

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Kolisnyk M. K. , Ulianova A. M.

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2009

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nr 3(53)

199-208

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As a result of analysis of the latest researches in the sphere of the strategic management and in the context of evaluation of synergic effects of production-economic structures the definition of synergic effects concept in production-economic structures has been given, basic approaches of evaluation of synergic effects have been generalized, and also approach to the evaluation of synergic effects inside production-economic structures has been outlined.

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Potential accuracy of genetic evaluation for calving difficulty with incomplete data on calving difficulty and/or birth weight using a bivariate threshold-linear animal model

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Ramirez-Valverde R. , Misztal M. I. , Misztal I. , Bertrand B. K. , Bertrand K.

Journal of Applied Genetics

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2001

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tom 42

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nr 3

325-333

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential loss of accuracy in direct and maternal predicted breeding values (PBV) for calving difficulty (CD) with different levels of missing records of CD and/or birth weight (BW), using a bivariate threshold-linear animal model. Data obtained from the American Gelbvieh Association included 84,420 first-parity records with both CD and BW available. The final pedigree file included 178,858 animals. The model included fixed calf-sex?dam-age, random herd-year-season, and animal direct and maternal effects. Different levels of missing observations for CD and BW were obtained by randomly deleting 0, 25, 50, 75, and 100% of records for both traits in various combinations. Correlation estimates between PBV for CD obtained with complete and incomplete data were used to measure the changes in PBV for different levels of missing records. Reported correlations are means of three replicates. The results suggest that the information on direct and maternal PBV provided by CD records is more reliable than the information provided by BW records. The difference was especially large when a high proportion of CD records were missing. Correlations above 0.96 and 0.95 for direct and maternal PBV, respectively, when missing 25% or 0% of the CD or BW records suggest that small changes would be predicted with a low proportion incomplete data. For genetic prediction of popular sires (with > 100 progeny), a higher proportion of missing records could be tolerated. The results suggest that the bivariate threshold-linear animal model is useful for routine genetic evaluation of CD with incomplete field data.

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TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE EFFECTS IN THE FIELD OF IMPROVEMENT OF ENVIRONMENT QUALITY WITH THE OPINION OF EFFICIENCY OF THE UNDERTAKINGS (Uwzglednianie efektow w dziedzinie poprawy jakosci srodowiska w ocenie efektywnosci przedsiewziec)

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Graczyk A.

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nr 4(26)

39-44

EN

The analysis of effects and the range of opinion derived from different efficiency areas while considering, at the same time, the environment's quality improvement. The range of defining the effects is introduced in the first part. The second part discusses the areas of occurrence of opinion of efficiency (technical efficiency, energy, financial, economic). The third part concerns the problem of qualifying ecological efficiency.

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Ocena systemu pomiarowego za pomocą metody GR&R

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Jankowski Ł.

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2012

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nr 886

65-74

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Organisations have to demonstrate that their products meet specified requirements. What is more, to be able to make decisions on improvement, changes in technology, or investing, they need to evaluate the quality of their processes. To do so, an organisation must have in place appropriate measurement techniques that enable assessment of the current state of their processes and prove that their product meets requirements. It is of crucial importance that the reliability of measurements be assessed, especially where decisions are to be made on the basis of the results. GR&R is one method for carrying out such assessments. It provides information about the repeatability and reproducibility of measurements taken in a production system. The article presents the GR&R method, the procedure for evaluating a measurement system and the results of a study that used this assessment method along with statistical software (Minitab).

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Ocena jakości serwisów internetowych bibliotek akademickich na przykładzie „Projektu Laboratorium Użyteczności”

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Marzec P.

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nr 1

159-165

EN

Author of this paper describes results of usability test's evaluation of Nicolaus Copernicus University library's web site. Those research was conducted by members of The Usability Laboratory Project between March and June of 2007.

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EVALUATING SEMANTIC THEORIES OF CONDITIONALS: METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES

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Bielik L.

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2024

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tom 79

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nr 2

168 – 183

EN

The article identifies a number of methodological problems encountered in testing and evaluating semantic theories of conditional sentences. Based on the background of three important theories, Material Implication Theory, Stalnaker’s Theory, and Adams-Edgington’s Suppositional Theory, I show what kind of data and criteria these theories have been working with. The fact that the theorists of conditionals disagree about which theory is the most adequate is related, among other things, to the lack of a broader agreement among them about the common theoretical and methodological criteria by which they would judge these theories. And although formally testing theories of conditionals does not differ from other scientific theories (since it relies on the HD-method or IBE), important differences can be discerned at the level of the auxiliary hypotheses and broader theoretical assumptions under-lying the testing. The results of the present analysis show that unless we agree on what we consider to be the crucial evidence and on which theoretical assumptions and values to ground the testing, we cannot be methodologically consistent in saying which of the theories has stood up better in the tests than the competing theories.

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HODNOCENÍ VÝSLEDKŮ VĚDY A VÝZKUMU V OBORU „HISTORIE“ V ČESKÉ REPUBLICE V LETECH 2013–2016

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Vorel P.

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2016

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tom 64

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nr 4

699 – 712

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The author summarizes the development of the system for evaluating science and research in the Czech Republic in recent years, and considers the way this system is applied in the historical research community. It is a specific system of point evaluation of published results closely connected with the amount of financial resources from the state budget granted for the development of the research organization. This model of financing was gradually introduced in the Czech Republic in 2010-2012. In 2013 the evaluation system was significantly adjusted and strengthened according to the “peer review” principle, which gives substantial weight to qualitative criteria. The results of science and research published in the Czech Republic in all fields of science in the years 2013-2015 were evaluated according to this evaluation system called “Metodika13+”, the principles of which have been described in detail by the author. The evaluation was done in the years 2014-2016 with the assumption of moderate extension into the beginning of 2017. No “professional evaluator”, who has not produced any significant scientific results himself, can express his view on the quality of scientific results. All substantial data are publicly accessible, including the actual results, their evaluation in terms of points and the names of the members of the evaluation panel, so that the quality of the work of the evaluation panel can be retrospectively judged by the expert community. In the conclusion of the study, the author gives a brief review of the qualitative division of the published results from the field of “history” in the Czech Republic. He cites specific book titles, which were evaluated by this method as the most important scientific achievements of Czech historiography in the evaluated years.

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RELATIVISM ABOUT TRUTH AND PERSPECTIVE-NEUTRAL PROPOSITION

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Zouhar M.

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tom 68

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nr 10

849 – 858

EN

According to relativism about truth, there are certain kinds of sentences such that the propositions expressed by their utterances cannot be correctly determined as true or false relative to possible worlds only. In particular, the truth values of propositions about taste (i.e., those expressed by the utterances of sentences about taste) are supposed to be determined relative to possible world and perspective couples. What is important is that the proposition expressed involves no reference to perspective; as a result, the perspective that is to be used in the truth value assignment is not identified by the proposition expressed. Notwithstanding its considerable appeal in various respects, relativism about truth faces certain fundamental problems raised in this paper. It is claimed, firstly, that relativism about truth can hardly comply with our understanding of the predicates of taste in a satisfactory manner. Secondly, relativism about truth does not explain how it is possible that the propositions expressed, despite involving no reference to perspective whatsoever, are to be evaluated as true or false relative to some perspective or other. Thirdly, it is left unexplained how the right kind of perspective is to be selected provided there is no reference to perspective in the proposition expressed.