Formal Theories of Truth

Formal Theories of Truth
Author :
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 151
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780198815679
ISBN-13 : 0198815670
Rating : 4/5 (670 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Formal Theories of Truth by : J. C. Beall

Download or read book Formal Theories of Truth written by J. C. Beall and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truth is one of the oldest and most central topics in philosophy. Formal theories explore the connections between truth and logic, and they address truth-theoretic paradoxes such as the Liar. Three leading philosopher-logicians now present a concise overview of the main issues and ideas in formal theories of truth. Beall, Glanzberg, and Ripley explain key logical techniques on which such formal theories rely, providing the formal and logical background needed to develop formal theories of truth. They examine the most important truth-theoretic paradoxes, including the Liar paradoxes. They explore approaches that keep principles of truth simple while relying on nonclassical logic; approaches that preserve classical logic but do so by complicating the principles of truth; and approaches based on substructural logics that change the shape of the target consequence relation itself. Finally, inconsistency and revision theories are reviewed, and contrasted with the approaches previously discussed. For any reader who has a basic grounding in logic, this book offers an ideal guide to formal theories of truth.


Formal Theories of Truth Related Books

Formal Theories of Truth
Language: en
Pages: 151
Authors: J. C. Beall
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Truth is one of the oldest and most central topics in philosophy. Formal theories explore the connections between truth and logic, and they address truth-theore
Axiomatic Theories of Truth
Language: en
Pages: 362
Authors: Volker Halbach
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-02-27 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

At the centre of the traditional discussion of truth is the question of how truth is defined. Recent research, especially with the development of deflationist a
The Revision Theory of Truth
Language: en
Pages: 334
Authors: Anil Gupta
Categories: Mathematics
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993 - Publisher: MIT Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this rigorous investigation into the logic of truth Anil Gupta and Nuel Belnap explain how the concept of truth works in both ordinary and pathological conte
The Tarskian Turn
Language: en
Pages: 178
Authors: Leon Horsten
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-07-15 - Publisher: MIT Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A philosopher proposes a new deflationist view of truth, based on contemporary proof-theoretic approaches. In The Tarskian Turn, Leon Horsten investigates the r
Theories of Truth
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Richard L. Kirkham
Categories: Electronic books
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher: Bradford Book

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Surveys all of the major theories of truth, presenting the crux of the issues involved at a level accessible to nonexperts yet in a manner sufficiently detailed