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The Tarskian turn : deflationism and axiomatic truth / Leon Horsten.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horsten, Leon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Truth--Deflationary theory.
- Truth.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (178 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Leon Horsten investigates the relationship between formal theories of truth and contemporary philosophical approaches to truth. He unwinds the crystal maze of the nature of truth to unveil a unified theory.
- Contents:
- Axiomatic theories of truth
- On the shoulders of giants
- The disquotational theory
- Deflationism
- The compositional theory
- Conservativeness and deflationism
- Maximizing classical compositionality
- Kripke's theory axiomatized
- Truth and philosophy.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Bibliography: pages 153-157
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 1283258749
- 9786613258748
- 0262298643
- OCLC:
- 750173064
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