Truth and Paradox

Truth and Paradox
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 223
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ISBN-10 : 9780199247295
ISBN-13 : 0199247293
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Book Synopsis Truth and Paradox by : Tim Maudlin

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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