This book is about one of the most baffling of all paradoxes--the famous Liar paradox. Suppose we say: "We are lying now." Then if we are lying, we are telling the truth; and if we are telling the truth we are lying. This paradox is more than an intriguing puzzle, since it involves the concept of truth. Thus any coherent theory of truth must deal with the Liar. Keith Simmons discusses the solutions proposed by medieval philosophers and offers his own solutions and in the process assesses other contemporary attempts to solve the paradox. Unlike such attempts, Simmons' "singularity" solution does not abandon classical semantics and does not appeal to the kind of hierarchical view found in Barwise's and Etchemendy's The Liar. Moreover, Simmons' solution resolves the vexing problem of semantic universality--the problem of whether there are semantic concepts beyond the expressive reach of a natural language such as English.
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This book is about one of the most baffling of all paradoxes - the famous Liar paradox.
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key singularity, key singularities, pathological sentences, complete explicit reflection, pathological utterance, contextual subscript, singularity proposal, relevant pragmatic facts, direct diagonal argument, reflective hierarchy, anaphoric versions, semantic universality, ungrounded sentences, prime container, singularity account, evaluated sentence, power set theorem, heterological paradox, strengthened reasoning, expressive incompleteness, diagonal theorem, symmetrical network, liar sentence, evaluated tree, appropriate truth value Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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key singularity, key singularities, pathological sentences, complete explicit reflection, pathological utterance, contextual subscript, singularity proposal, relevant pragmatic facts, direct diagonal argument, reflective hierarchy, anaphoric versions, semantic universality, ungrounded sentences, prime container, singularity account, evaluated sentence, power set theorem, heterological paradox, strengthened reasoning, expressive incompleteness, diagonal theorem, symmetrical network, liar sentence, evaluated tree, appropriate truth value Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- The Principles of Mathematics by Bertrand Russell on page 27, and Back Matter
- Tractatus Called Afterwards "Summule Logicales" (Philosophical texts & studies) (Latin Edition) by Peter of Spain in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Paradox of the Liar by Robert L. Martin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Computability and Logic by George S. Boolos in Back Matter
- The Principles of Mathematical Analysis (International Series in Pure & Applied Mathematics) by Walter Rudin in Back Matter
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- Handbook of Philosophical Logic: Volume 11 by Dov M. Gabbay on page 71, page 146, and page 238
- Liars and Heaps: New Essays on Paradox by JC Beall in Front Matter, and page 251
- The Law of Non-Contradiction by Graham Priest in Front Matter, and page 335
- Since at Least Plato-- by M. J. Devaney in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century, Volume 2: The Age of Meaning by Scott Soames in Back Matter
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