Would it be provable that it can or cannot be given? What literature would you recommend me for looking into various theories of truth? Thanks.
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1You can find a good overview of the subject in *Theories of Truth: A Critical Introduction* by Richard Kirkham. – E... Dec 19 '16 at 22:16
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1"Deflationary Truth" is a collection of many of the most important papers on this topic. https://books.google.com/books/about/Deflationary_Truth.html?id=MGdBkgEACAAJ – Dec 19 '16 at 23:22
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1The problem is not with giving such a definition, but that [there are too many given](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth#Major_theories), all of them controversial. Look also at Tarski's undefinability theorem, stated and proved by Alfred [Tarski's undefinability of truth theorem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarski's_undefinability_theorem#Statement_of_the_theorem) which roughly states that the notion of truth in a *first order* language (consistent and containing arithmetic) can not be defined within it. – Conifold Dec 20 '16 at 02:00
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Which sense of trivial? In the non-pejorative sense, truth is trivial, mundane, quotidian. Truth is merely a condition of propositions satisfied when what is said is corresponds with (matches, fits, etc.) what is. See chapter 9 for Searle's presentation and defense of the correspondence theory of truth.
Also, see here for references to the works of William James's "pragmatic" approach to truth.
