Contextual approaches to truth and the strengthened liar paradox / Christine Schurz.

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...

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Main Author: Schurz, Christine
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Heusenstamm [Germany] : Ontos Verlag, 2012.
Series:Logos (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; Bd. 20.
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Summary: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 paradox, which is the problem that many semantic statements about the so-called strengthened liar cannot be true in a theory of partial truth. If such semantic statements were true in the theory, another paradox would emerge. To proponents of contextual accounts, which assume that the concept of truth i.
Physical Description:1 online resource (145 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110324587
311032458X
3868381724
9783868381726
3110324369
9783110324365
9781299722514
1299722512