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1 online resource |
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880-01 Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Preliminaries; 1.1 Peano Arithmetic; 1.2 Model Theory; 1.3 Conservativity; 1.4 Truth; 1.5 Reflection Principles; 2 Approaches to Truth; 2.1 Model-Theoretic versus Axiomatic Approach; 2.2 Approaches to Truth: Aims and Assessments; Part I Disquotation; 3 Disquotational Theories; 3.1 Typed Disquotational Theories; 3.2 Untyped Disquotation; 4 Why Do We Need Disquotational Truth?; 4.1 Expressing Generalisations; 5 The Generalisation Problem; 5.1 Horwich's First Solution |
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880-01/(S 12 The Strength of Reflection Principles12.1 Partial Truth Predicates; 12.2 The Truth of First-Order Logic; 12.3 Δ0 Induction and the Truth of Propositional Logic; 12.4 Compositional Axioms and Reflection; 13 Deflationism and Truth-Theoretical Strength; 13.1 Torkel Franzén on Implicit Commitments; 13.2 Accepting PA -- Basic Options; 13.3 The Reflective Process; 13.4 Believability and Reflective Commitment; 13.5 Perspectives and Refinements; Afterword; Glossary of symbols; Bibliography; Index |
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5.2 Horwich's Second SolutionPart II Conservativity; 6 (Non)Conservativity of Disquotation; 7 CT- and CT: Conservativity Properties; 8 Other Compositional Truth Theories; 8.1 The Systems of Kripke-Feferman and Friedman-Sheard; 8.2 Positive Truth with Internal Induction for Total Formulas; 9 Conservativity: Philosophical Motivations; 9.1 Semantic Conservativity; 9.2 Syntactic Conservativity; 10 Maximal Conservative Theories; 11 The Conservativeness Argument; 11.1 Formulations; 11.2 Reactions to the Conservativeness Argument; Part III Reflection Principles |
| Summary |
This book analyses and defends the deflationist claim that there is nothing deep about our notion of truth. According to this view, truth is a 'light' and innocent concept, devoid of any essence which could be revealed by scientific inquiry. Cezary Cieśliński considers this claim in light of recent formal results on axiomatic truth theories, which are crucial for understanding and evaluating the philosophical thesis of the innocence of truth. Providing an up-to-date discussion and original perspectives on this central and controversial issue, his book will be important for those with a background in logic who are interested in formal truth theories and in current philosophical debates about the deflationary conception of truth |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-291) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Truth.
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truth.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Epistemology.
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Truth
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781108178600 |
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110817860X |
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9781108202817 |
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1108202810 |
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1316647838 |
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9781316647837 |
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