Paradoxes are more than just intellectual puzzles - they raise substantive philosophical issues and offer the promise of increased philosophical knowledge. In this introduction to paradox and paradoxes, Doris Olin shows how seductive paradoxes can be, why they confuse and confou…
Publisher's description: During a lunchtime conversation at Los Alamos more than 50 years ago, four world-class scientists agreed, given the size and age of the Universe, that advanced extraterrestrial civilizations simply had to exist. The sheer numbers demanded it. But one of …
Publisher's description: During a lunchtime conversation at Los Alamos more than 50 years ago, four world-class scientists agreed, given the size and age of the Universe, that advanced extraterrestrial civilizations simply had to exist. The sheer numbers demanded it. But one of …
'Truth and Paradox' offers a comprehensive account of truth values and the norms governing claims about truth, based on a new approach to logic and semantics.
"Since the seminal work of Tarski, the Liar paradox and other related paradoxes have stood in the way of a precise philosophical account of truth. Truth and Paradox offers a comprehensive account of truth values and the norms governing claims about truth. Tim Maudlin draws on an…
