Unity Truth And The Liar

Author : Shahid Rahman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402084684
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unity, Truth and the Liar written by Shahid Rahman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-09-27 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andinmy haste, I said: “Allmenare Liars” 1 —Psalms 116:11 The Original Lie Philosophical analysis often reveals and seldom solves paradoxes. To quote Stephen Read: A paradox arises when an unacceptable conclusion is supported by a plausible argument from apparently acceptable premises. [...] So three di?erent reactions to the paradoxes are possible: to show that the r- soning is fallacious; or that the premises are not true after all; or that 2 the conclusion can in fact be accepted. There are sometimes elaborate ways to endorse a paradoxical conc- sion. One might be prepared to concede that indeed there are a number of grains that make a heap, but no possibility to know this number. However, some paradoxes are more threatening than others; showing the conclusiontobeacceptableisnotaseriousoption,iftheacceptanceleads to triviality. Among semantic paradoxes, the Liar (in any of its versions) 3 o?ers as its conclusion a bullet no one would be willing to bite. One of the most famous versions of the Liar Paradox was proposed by Epimenides, though its attribution to the Cretan poet and philosopher has only a relatively recent history. It seems indeed that Epimenides was mentioned neither in ancient nor in medieval treatments of the Liar 1 Jewish Publication Society translation. 2 Read [1].

Author : Shahid Rahman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402028083
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science written by Shahid Rahman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-03-15 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume in this new series explores, through extensive co-operation, new ways of achieving the integration of science in all its diversity. The book offers essays from important and influential philosophers in contemporary philosophy, discussing a range of topics from philosophy of science to epistemology, philosophy of logic and game theoretical approaches. It will be of interest to philosophers, computer scientists and all others interested in the scientific rationality.

Author : JC Beall
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191528501
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Revenge of the Liar written by JC Beall and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-12-13 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Liar paradox raises foundational questions about logic, language, and truth (and semantic notions in general). A simple Liar sentence like 'This sentence is false' appears to be both true and false if it is either true or false. For if the sentence is true, then what it says is the case; but what it says is that it is false, hence it must be false. On the other hand, if the statement is false, then it is true, since it says (only) that it is false. How, then, should we classify Liar sentences? Are they true or false? A natural suggestion would be that Liars are neither true nor false; that is, they fall into a category beyond truth and falsity. This solution might resolve the initial problem, but it beckons the Liar's revenge. A sentence that says of itself only that it is false or beyond truth and falsity will, in effect, bring back the initial problem. The Liar's revenge is a witness to the hydra-like nature of Liars: in dealing with one Liar you often bring about another. JC Beall presents fourteen new essays and an extensive introduction, which examine the nature of the Liar paradox and its resistance to any attempt to solve it. Written by some of the world's leading experts in the field, the papers in this volume will be an important resource for those working in truth studies, philosophical logic, and philosophy of language, as well as those with an interest in formal semantics and metaphysics.

Author : Yannis Stephanou
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009437186
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Theory of Truth written by Yannis Stephanou and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover an original framework for treating the paradoxes about truth by diverging from classical logic.

Author : Graham Priest
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199263280
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Doubt Truth to be a Liar written by Graham Priest and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book is required reading for anyone who wishes to understand dialetheism; (especially) for anyone who wishes to continue to endorse the old Aristotelian orthodoxy; and, more generally, for anyone who wishes to understand the role that contradiction plays in our thinking."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Jc Beall
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192547658
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Formal Theories of Truth written by Jc Beall and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 160 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.

Author : Theodora Achourioti
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9401796734
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unifying the Philosophy of Truth written by Theodora Achourioti and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology of the very latest research on truth features the work of recognized luminaries in the field, put together following a rigorous refereeing process. Along with an introduction outlining the central issues in the field, it provides a unique and unrivaled view of contemporary work on the nature of truth, with papers selected from key conferences in 2011 such as Truth Be Told (Amsterdam), Truth at Work (Paris), Paradoxes of Truth and Denotation (Barcelona) and Axiomatic Theories of Truth (Oxford). Studying the nature of the concept of ‘truth’ has always been a core role of philosophy, but recent years have been a boom time in the topic. With a wealth of recent conferences examining the subject from various angles, this collection of essays recognizes the pressing need for a volume that brings scholars up to date on the arguments. Offering academics and graduate students alike a much-needed repository of today’s cutting-edge work in this vital topic of philosophy, the volume is required reading for anyone needing to keep abreast of developments, and is certain to act as a catalyst for further innovation and research.

Author : Barry Hartley Slater
Publisher : Polimetrica s.a.s.
ISBN 13 : 8876990712
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The De-mathematisation of Logic written by Barry Hartley Slater and published by Polimetrica s.a.s.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004192050
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Methods and Methodologies written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-11-26 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the medieval tradition of Aristotelian logic from two perspectives. The first examines the ways in which Latin and Arabic authors went about their work in medieval logic, and how it was related to other intellectual branches. The second invites critical comparison between contemporary and medieval approaches to logic.

Author : Charles Fillmore
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3849644227
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mysteries Of John written by Charles Fillmore and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metaphysical Bible students recognize in the Gospel of John a certain spiritual quality that is not found in the other Gospels. Although this is not true of all Bible readers, it may be said that those who look for the mystical find it in the language of this book. The book is distinctive in this respect and is so successful in setting forth metaphysical truths that little interpretation is necessary. Only in a few instances does the original writing conceal the deep truths that the student seeks to discern. Written language is at best a reflection of inner ideas, and even though a teacher couples ideas and words as adroitly as Jesus does, elucidation is sometimes difficult.