The Yablo paradox : an essay on circularity

The Yablo paradox : an essay on circularity / Roy T. Cook.

Roy T. Cook examines the Yablo paradox, a paradoxical, infinite sequence of sentences, each of which entails the falsity of all others that follow it. He focuses on questions of characterization, circularity and generalizability, and pays special attention to the idea that it provides us with a sema...

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Main Author: Cook, Roy T., 1972- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Paradox.
Logic.
PHILOSOPHY > Logic.
Logic
Paradox
Philosophy.
Philosophy & Religion.
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Summary:Roy T. Cook examines the Yablo paradox, a paradoxical, infinite sequence of sentences, each of which entails the falsity of all others that follow it. He focuses on questions of characterization, circularity and generalizability, and pays special attention to the idea that it provides us with a semantic paradox that involves no circularity.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 193 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191760600
0191760609
9780191648380
0191648388
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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