Spandrels of truth /
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| Author / Creator: | Beall, J. C. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. |
| Description: | xiv, 154 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7796208 |
| Summary: | Among the various conceptions of truth is one according to which 'is true' is a transparent, entirely see-through device introduced for only practical (expressive) reasons. This device, when introduced into the language, brings about truth-theoretic paradoxes (particularly, the notorious Liar and Curry paradoxes). The options for dealing with the paradoxes while preserving the full transparency of 'true' are limited. In Spandrels of Truth, Beall concisely presents and defends a modest, so-called dialetheic theory of transparent truth. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 154 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-150) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199268733 0199268738 |