Spandrels of Truth

ISBN-13: 9780199268733 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 200 str.

Jc Beall

Opis

Among the various conceptions of truth is one according to which 'is true' is a transparent, entirely see-through device introduced for only practical (expressive) reasons. This device, when introduced into the language, brings about truth-theoretic paradoxes (particularly, the notorious Liar and Curry paradoxes). The options for dealing with the paradoxes while preserving the full transparency of 'true' are limited. In Spandrels of Truth, Beall concisely presents and defends a modest, so-called dialetheic theory of transparent truth.

Recenzje

JC Beall concisely presents and defends a simple, modest, dialetheic approach to truth and semantic paradoxes... it does a great job in presenting and defending its ideas... an excellent and readable introduction to the contemporary technical discussions about truth and semantic paradoxes.

O autorze

Jc Beall is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut, a member of the UConn Group in Logic, and an Associate Fellow of Arché, the AHRC Research Centre for the Philosophy of Logic, Language, Mathematics, and Epistemology. Though having wide philosophical interests, Beall has published mainly in philosophical logic and the philosophy of logic.