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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816343503321

Autore

Halbach Volker

Titolo

Principles of truth / / Volker Halbach, Leon Horsten

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frankfurt : , : Ontos Verlag, , 2004

ISBN

3-11-033266-3

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Collana

Epistemische Studien (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; ; Band 1

Altri autori (Persone)

HorstenLeon

Disciplina

121

Soggetti

Truth

Logic, Symbolic and mathematical

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Contemporary Methods for Investigating the Concept of Truth An Introduction -- Is There a Problem about the Deflationary Theory of Truth? -- A Defense of Minimalism -- Modalized Disquotationalism -- Deflation and Conservation -- Metaworlds: A Possible-Worlds Semantics for Truth -- Ramsey and the Correspondence Theory -- Truth, Provability, and Naive Criteria -- Partial Truth -- An Axiomatic Investigation of Provability as a Primitive Predicate -- Bibliography -- Index of Persons -- Subject Index -- Notes on the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

On the one hand, the concept of truth is a major research subject in analytic philosophy. On the other hand, mathematical logicians have developed sophisticated logical theories of truth and the paradoxes. Recent developments in logical theories of the semantical paradoxes are highly relevant for philosophical research on the notion of truth. And conversely, philosophical guidance is necessary for the development of logical theories of truth and the paradoxes. From this perspective, this volume intends to reflect and promote deeper interaction and collaboration between philosophers and logicians investigating the concept of truth than has existed so far. Aside from an extended introductory overview of recent work in the theory of truth, the volume consists of articles by leading philosophers and logicians on subjects and debates that are situated on the interface between logical and philosophical theories of truth. The volume is



intended for graduate students in philosophy and in logic who want an introduction to contemporary research in this area, as well as for professional philosophers and logicians