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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yaq̄ub, Aladdin M., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Truth.

Liar paradox.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Bibliography: p141-146. - Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1993.

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

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773075-2

1-280-52690-4

0-19-802449-5

1-4294-0791-3

OCLC:

476013848