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Autore |
Yaqub Aladdin Mahmud |
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Titolo |
The liar speaks the truth : a defense of the revision theory of truth / / Aladdin M. Yaqub |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993 |
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0-19-773075-2 |
1-280-52690-4 |
0-19-802449-5 |
1-4294-0791-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (164 pages) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Based on the author's thesis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-146) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction. The Tarskian Schema; Chapter One. The TS Conception of Truth; Chapter Two. Stability Semantics; Chapter Three. The Original Three Systems; Chapter Four. The Revision System; Bibliography; Symbols; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The concept of truth has been the focus of much attention in philosophical literature, but has resisted adequate explanation. This study explores a "deflationary" or "minimalist" account of truth that can account for the challenge posed by semantic paradoxes such as the liar. |
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