Frege on absolute and relative truth : an introduction to the practice of interpreting philosophical texts /
Frege's essay 'Der Gedanke' ('Thoughts') is one of the best-known and most-quoted texts in the area of analytic philosophy. However, his arguments against the correspondence theory of truth, which are located in the third paragraph of 'Der Gedanke', are generally r...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Basingstoke :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2012.
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Series: | History of analytic philosophy.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: In Tarski's Shadow
- The Context: The Question of Truth Bearers
- Frege's Text and Its Argumentative Structure
- The First Argument: Scientific Truth is Absolute
- The Second Argument: Scientific Truth is Perfect
- The Third Argument: Scientific Truth is Independent
- Parallels in Frege's 'Logik'
- The Fourth Argument: The Circle Objection
- The Omnipresence of Truth
- Dummett's Regress
- The Reduction of I-Truth to S-Truth
- The Fifth Argument: Frege's Regress
- The Road to a Novel Interpretation
- Absolute or Relative Truth?
- Tarski's Definition of Truth and Frege's Critique
- Conclusion I: Absolute versus Relative Truth
- Conclusion II: Two Ways of Interpretation
- Appendix: Synopsis of Relevant Frege Passages and Their Various Translations.