Truth and Paradox Solving the Riddles

Zusatztext Throughout the book one comes across passages that shed new light on old puzzles Klappentext Consider the sentence 'This sentence is not true'. It seems that the sentence can be neither true nor not true, on pain of contradiction. Tim Maudlin sets out a novel account of logic and semantics which allows him to deal with certain notorious paradoxes which have bedevilled philosophical theories of truth. All philosophers interested in logic and language will find Truth and Paradox a stimulating read. Zusammenfassung Consider the sentence 'This sentence is not true'. It seems that the sentence can be neither true nor not true, on pain of contradiction. Certain notorious paradoxes like this have bedevilled philosophical theories of truth. The author presents an account of logic and semantics which deals with these paradoxes. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Two Versions of the Liar Paradox 2: On the Origin of Truth Values 3: What is Truth, and What is a Theory of Truth? 4: A Language That Can Express Its Own Truth Theory 5: The Norms of Assertion and Denial 6: Solving the Inferential Liar Antinomy 7: Reasoning about Permissible Sentences 8: The Permissibility Paradox 9: The Metaphysics of Truth Bibliography

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Maudlin Tim, Tim (Department of Philosophy Maudlin, Tim Maudlin
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 13.05.2004
• Categoria: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata
• EAN: 9780199247295
• ISBN: 978-0-19-924729-5
• Numero di pagine: 224
• Categorie: Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: logic