Understanding Truth 0195123352, 9780195123357, 0195111516, 9780195111514
In this book, Scott Soames illuminates the notion of truth and the role it plays in our ordinary thought as well as in o
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English Pages 278 Year 1998
Table of contents :
Title Page......Page 1
Copyright......Page 2
Acknowledgments......Page 5
Contents......Page 9
Introduction......Page 13
Part I: Foundational Issues......Page 21
1. Truth Bearers......Page 23
Forms of Truth Skepticism......Page 30
Part II: Theories of Truth......Page 75
3. Tarski's Definition of Truth......Page 77
4. The Significance of Tarski's Theory of Truth......Page 108
5. Lessons of the Liar......Page 158
6. Truth, Paradox, and Partially Defined Predicates......Page 173
Part III: Extensions......Page 211
7. Vagueness, Partiality, and the Sorites Paradox......Page 213
8. What Is Truth?......Page 238
D......Page 273
L......Page 274
P......Page 275
S......Page 276
V......Page 277
W......Page 278
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