Cezary Cieśliński
Cambridge University Press
e druk, 2017
9781107197657
The Epistemic Lightness of Truth
Deflationism and its Logic
Specificaties
Gebonden, 312 blz.
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Engels
Cambridge University Press |
e druk, 2017
ISBN13: 9781107197657
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
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.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781107197657
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:312
Uitgever:Cambridge University Press
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction; 1. Preliminaries; 2. Approaches to truth; Part I. Disquotation: 3. Disquotational theories; 4. Why do we need disquotational truth?; 5. The generalisation problem; Part II. Conservativity: 6. (Non)conservativity of disquotation; 7. CT− and CT: conservativity properties; 8. Other compositional truth theories; 9. Conservativity: philosophical motivations; 10. Maximal conservative theories; 11. The conservativeness argument; Part III. Reflection Principles: 12. The strength of reflection principles; 13. Deflationism and truth-theoretical strength.