Spandrels of Truth

by Jc Beall

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199268733
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/15/2009
Pages:	170
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Jc Beall is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut, a member of the UConn Group in Logic, and an Associate Fellow of Arche, the AHRC Research Centre for the Philosophy of Logic, Language, Mathematics, and Epistemology. Though having wide philosophical interests, Beall has published mainly in philosophical logic and the philosophy of logic.

Table of Contents

1. The Basic Picture2. Suitable Conditional3. Just True4. A Look at the Field5. Objections and Replies6. Appendix Overlap Without Inconsistency? References

Editorial Reviews

"In Spandrels of Truth, JC Beall concisely presents and defends a simple, modest, dialetheic approach to truth and semantic paradoxes.... as a philosophical work, it does a great job in presenting and defending its ideas.... an excellent and readable introduction to the contemporary technical discussions about truth and semantic paradoxes."—Wen-fang Wang, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

"The account offered is unique among recent treatments of the paradoxes for saving a perfectly transparent truth predicate, whereby x and x is true are fully intersubstitutable. This feature, and its stabilisation within a bivalent framework, give the book considerable specialist interest. but the informality of the treatment, achieved without significant compromise of rigour, provides in addition for a remarkably effective and readable introduction to the contemporary debate about the paradoxes."—Crispin Wright, New York University

"Although paradoxes such as the Liar have provi

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