The Liar : An Essay on Truth and Circularity


Jon. Barwise
Bok Engelsk 1989 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
New York : : Oxford University Press, , 1989.
Omfang
1 online resource (207 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; 1 The Liar; 2 Sentences, Statements, and Propositions; 3 The Universe of Hypersets; 4 Modeling Russellian Propositions; 5 Truth of Russellian Propositions; 6 Consequences of the Russellian Account; 7 Sentences and Russellian Propositions; 8 Modeling Austinian Propositions; 9 Austinian Propositions and the World; 10 An Austinian Semantics; 11 Relating the Russellian and Austinian Accounts; 12 Negation and Denial; 13 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Z; Postscript. - This monograph purports to provide a solution to semantical paradoxes like ""the liar"". The authors base this solution on J.L.Austin's idea of truth, which is fundamental to situation semantics, and compare two models of language, propositions and truth.
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Dewey
165
ISBN
0-19-536309-4. - 0-19-802175-5. - 1-280-52411-1. - 9786610524112

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The liar : an essay on truth and circularity
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Bok · Engelsk · 1987

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