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Contextual approaches to truth and the strengthened liar paradox /
The problem of truth and the liar paradox is one of the most extensive problems of philosophy. The liar paradox can be avoided by assuming a so-called theory of partial truth instead of a classical theory of truth. Theories of partial truth, however, cannot solve the so-called strengthened liar para...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Heusenstamm [Germany] :
Ontos Verlag,
2012.
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| Collection: | Logos (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ;
Bd. 20. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Preface; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. The Problem of Truth and the Liar Paradox in Formal Languages; 2.1 The Formal Language; 2.2 The Undefinability of Truth; 2.3 The Conditions of the Liar Paradox; 3 Theories of Partial Truth; 3.1 Classical Approaches to Truth; 3.2 Iterative Approaches to Truth and Groundedness; 4 The Contextual Approach to the Strengthened Liar Problem; 4.1 The Strengthened Liar Problem; 4.2 The Contextual Approach; 4.3 Three Instances of CR1; 5 Contextual Approaches by Iterating Partial Truth Predicates; 5.1 A Hierarchy of Models According to CR1.
- 5.2 A Hierarchy of Models According to CR25.3 Extending the Hierarchies to Transfinite Ordinal Numbers; 5.4 Are Contextual Accounts Unnatural?; 6 Summary and Conclusions; Subject Index; Bibliography.