Truth and Paradox

Author	: Tim Maudlin
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Total Pages	: 223
Release	: 2004-05-13
ISBN-10	: 9780199247295
ISBN-13	: 0199247293
Rating	: 4/5 (293 Downloads)

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Download or read book Truth and Paradox written by Tim Maudlin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-05-13 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consider the sentence 'This sentence is not true'. Certain notorious paradoxes like this have bedevilled philosophical theories of truth. Tim Maudlin presents an original account of logic and semantics which deals with these paradoxes, and allows him to set out a new theory of truth-values and the norms governing claims about truth.

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