Deflationist accounts of truth are widely held in contemporary philosophy: they seek to show that truth is a dispensable concept with no metaphysical depth. However, logical paradoxes present problems for deflationists, which their work has struggled to overcome. In this volume of fourteen original essays, a distinguished team of contributors explore the extent to which, if at all, deflationism can accommodate paradox. The volume will be of interest to philosophers of logic, philosophers of language, and anyone working on truth.
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Deflationist accounts of truth are widely held in philosophy: they seek to show that truth is a dispensable concept with no metaphysical depth. This volume of 14 essays explores the extent to which, if at all, deflationism can accommodate paradox. It is of interest to philosophers of logic, philosophers of language, and those working on truth.
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Introduction ; 1. Transparent disquotationalism ; 2. Is the Liar sentence both true and false? ; 3. Spiking the field artillery ; 4. Variations on a theme by Yablo ; 5. A minimalist critique of Tarski on truth ; 6. Minimalism, epistemicism, and paradox ; 7. Minimalists about truth can (and should) be epistemicists, and it helps if they are revision theorists too ; 8. Minimalism, deflationism, and paradoxes ; 9. Do the paradoxes pose a special problem for deflationism? ; 10. Semantics for deflationists ; 11. How significant is the Liar? ; 12. The deflationists' axioms for truth ; 13. Naive truth and sophisticated logic ; 14. Anaphorically unrestricted quantifiers and paradoxes
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Brand-new essays on a topic of much current interest Excellent international line-up of authors Relevant across logic, philosophy of language, metaphysics, and epistemology
Brand-new essays on a topic of much current interest Excellent international line-up of authors Relevant across logic, philosophy of language, metaphysics, and epistemology

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199287116
Publisert
2005
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
1 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
162 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
290