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Truth.
Title:
Truth.
Author:
Burgess, Alexis G.
ISBN:
9781400838691
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (121 pages)
Series:
Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One -- Introduction -- 1.1 Traditional Theories -- 1.2 Contemporary Theories -- 1.3 Paradoxes -- 1.4 Plan -- 1.5 Sentences -- 1.6 Propositions -- Chapter Two -- Tarski -- 2.1 "Semantic" Truth -- 2.2 Object Language vs Metalanguage -- 2.3 Recursive Definition -- 2.4* Direct Definition -- 2.5* Self-Reference -- 2.6* Model Theory -- Chapter Three -- Deflationism -- 3.1 Redundancy -- 3.2 Other Radical Theories -- 3.3 Disquotation -- 3.4 Other Moderate Theories -- 3.5 Sloganeering -- 3.6 Reference -- Chapter Four -- Indeterminacy -- 4.1 Presupposition -- 4.2 Vagueness -- 4.3 Denial, Disqualification, Deviance -- 4.4 Doublespeak, Dependency, Defeatism -- 4.5 Relativity -- 4.6 Local vs Global -- Chapter Five -- Realism -- 5.1 Realism vs Deflationism -- 5.2 Correspondence Theories -- 5.3 Truthmaker Theories -- 5.4 Physicalism -- 5.5 Utility -- 5.6 Normativity -- Chapter Six -- Antirealism -- 6.1 Meaning and Truth -- 6.2 Davidsonianism -- 6.3 Dummettianism vs Davidsonianism -- 6.4 Dummettianism vs Deflationism -- 6.5 Holism -- 6.6 Pluralism -- Chapter Seven -- Kripke -- 7.1 Kripke vs Tarski -- 7.2 The Minimum Fixed Point -- 7.3 Ungroundedness -- 7.4* The Transfinite Construction -- 7.5* Revision -- 7.6* Axiomatics -- Chapter Eight -- Insolubility? -- 8.1 Paradoxical Reasoning -- 8.2 "Revenge" -- 8.3 Logical "Solutions" -- 8.4 "Paraconsistency" -- 8.5 Contextualist "Solutions" -- 8.6 Inconsistency Theories -- Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
This is a concise introduction to current philosophical debates about truth. Combining philosophical and technical material, the book is organized around, but not limited to, the view known as deflationism. In clear language, Burgess and Burgess cover a wide range of issues, including the nature of truth, the status of truth-value gaps, the relationship between truth and meaning, relativism and pluralism about truth, and semantic paradoxes from Alfred Tarski to Saul Kripke and beyond. The book provides a rich picture of contemporary philosophical theorizing about truth, one that will be essential reading for philosophy students as well as philosophers specializing in other areas.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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