Spandrels of Truth
Author: Jc Beall
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2011-04-07
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 0191613738
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Among the various conceptions of truth is one according to which 'is true' is a transparent, entirely see-through device introduced for only practical (expressive) reasons. This device, when introduced into the language, brings about truth-theoretic paradoxes (particularly, the notorious Liar and Curry paradoxes). The options for dealing with the paradoxes while preserving the full transparency of 'true' are limited. In Spandrels of Truth, Beall concisely presents and defends a modest, so-called dialetheic theory of transparent truth.