Unifying the Philosophy of Truth (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This anthology of the very latest research on truth features the work of recognized luminaries in the field, put together following a rigorous refereeing process. Along with an introduction outlining the central issues in the field, it provides a unique and unrivaled view of contemporary work on the nature of truth, with papers selected from key conferences in 2011 such as Truth Be Told (Amsterdam), Truth at Work (Paris), Paradoxes of Truth and Denotation (Barcelona) and Axiomatic Theories of Truth (Oxford).

Studying the nature of the concept of ‘truth’ has always been a core role of philosophy, but recent years have been a boom time in the topic. With a wealth of recent conferences examining the subject from various angles, this collection of essays recognizes the pressing need for a volume that brings scholars up to date on the arguments.

Offering academics and graduate students alike a much-needed repository of today’s cutting-edge work in this vital topic of philosophy, the volume is required reading for anyone needing to keep abreast of developments, and is certain to act as a catalyst for further innovation and research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Netherland
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789401796736
• Artikelnr.: 43787957

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.- Part 1. Truth and Natural Language.- ‘Truth Predicates’ in Natural Language; Friederike Moltmann,- Truth and Language, Natural and Formal; John Collins.- Truth and Trustworthiness ; Michael Sheard.- Part 2. Uses of Truth.- Putting Davidson’s Semantics to Work to Solve Frege’s Paradox on Concept and Object; Philippe de Rouilhan.- Sets, truth, and recursion; Reinhard Kahle.- Unfolding feasible arithmetic and weak truth; Sebastian Eberhard and Thomas Strahm.- Some remarks on the finite theory of revision; Ricardo Bruni.- Part 3. Truth as a Substantial Notion.- Truth as a Composite Correspondence; Gila Sher.- Complexity and Hierarchy in Truth Predicates; Michael Glanzberg.- Can Deflationism Account for the Norm of Truth?; Pascal Engel.- Part 4. Deflationism and Conservativity.- Norms For Theories Of Reflexive Truth; Volker Halbach and Leon Horsten.- Some weak theories of truth; Graham E. Leigh.- Deflationism and Instrumentalism; Martin Fischer.- Typed and Untyped Disquotational Truth; Cezary Cieśliński.- New Constructions Of Satisfaction Classes; Ali Enayat and Albert Visser.- Part 5. Truth Without Paradox.- Truth, Pretense and the Liar Paradox; Bradley Armour-Garb and James A. Woodbridge.- Groundedness, Truth and Dependence; Denis Bonnay and Floris Tijmen van Vugt.- On Stratified Truth; A. Cantini.- Part 6. Inferentialism and Revisionary Approach.- Truth, Signi_cation and Paradox; Stephen Read.- Vagueness, truth and permissive consequence; Pablo Cobreros, Paul Egré, David Ripley, Robert van Rooij.- Validity and Truth-Preservation; Julien Murzi and Lionel Shapiro.- Getting One for Two, or the Contractors' Bad Deal. Towards a Uni_ed Solution to the Semantic Paradoxes; Zardini.- Kripke’s Thought-Paradox and the 5^th Antinomy; Graham Priest.

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Introduction.- Part 1. Truth and Natural Language.- 'Truth Predicates' in Natural Language; Friederike Moltmann,- Truth and Language, Natural and Formal; John Collins.- Truth and Trustworthiness ; Michael Sheard.- Part 2. Uses of Truth.- Putting Davidson's Semantics to Work to Solve Frege's Paradox on Concept and Object; Philippe de Rouilhan.- Sets, truth, and recursion; Reinhard Kahle.- Unfolding feasible arithmetic and weak truth; Sebastian Eberhard and Thomas Strahm.- Some remarks on the finite theory of revision; Ricardo Bruni.- Part 3. Truth as a Substantial Notion.- Truth as a Composite Correspondence; Gila Sher.- Complexity and Hierarchy in Truth Predicates; Michael Glanzberg.- Can Deflationism Account for the Norm of Truth?; Pascal Engel.- Part 4. Deflationism and Conservativity.- Norms For Theories Of Reflexive Truth; Volker Halbach and Leon Horsten.- Some weak theories of truth; Graham E. Leigh.- Deflationism and Instrumentalism; Martin Fischer.- Typed and Untyped Disquotational Truth; Cezary Cieslinski.- New Constructions Of Satisfaction Classes; Ali Enayat and Albert Visser.- Part 5. Truth Without Paradox.- Truth, Pretense and the Liar Paradox; Bradley Armour-Garb and James A. Woodbridge.- Groundedness, Truth and Dependence; Denis Bonnay and Floris Tijmen van Vugt.- On Stratified Truth; A. Cantini.- Part 6. Inferentialism and Revisionary Approach.- Truth, Signi_cation and Paradox; Stephen Read.- Vagueness, truth and permissive consequence; Pablo Cobreros, Paul Egré, David Ripley, Robert van Rooij.- Validity and Truth-Preservation; Julien Murzi and Lionel Shapiro.- Getting One for Two, or the Contractors' Bad Deal. Towards a Uni_ed Solution to the Semantic Paradoxes; Zardini.- Kripke's Thought-Paradox and the 5^th Antinomy; Graham Priest.