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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968418903321

Autore

Yaqub Aladdin Mahmud

Titolo

The liar speaks the truth : a defense of the revision theory of truth / / Aladdin M. Yaqub

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993

ISBN

0-19-773075-2

1-280-52690-4

0-19-802449-5

1-4294-0791-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (164 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online.

Disciplina

121

Soggetti

Liar paradox

Truth

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the author's thesis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-146) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.