The Revision Theory of Truth
The Revision Theory of Truth
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Author(s): Gupta, Anil
ISBN No.: 9780262526951
Pages: 316
Year: 201409
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 44.57
Status: Out Of Print

In this rigorous investigation into the logic of truth Anil Gupta and Nuel Belnap explain how the concept of truth works in both ordinary and pathological contexts. The latter include, for instance, contexts that generate Liar Paradox. Their central claim is that truth is a circular concept. In support of this claim they provide a widely applicable theory (the "revision theory") of circular concepts. Under the revision theory, when truth is seen as circular both its ordinary features and its pathological features fall into a simple understandable pattern. "The Revision Theory of Truth" is unique in placing truth in the context of a general theory of definitions. This theory makes sense of arbitrary systems of mutually interdependent concepts, of which circular concepts, such as truth, are but a special case.


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