Unity, Truth and the Liar: The Modern Relevance of Medieval Solutions to the Liar Paradox

by Tero Tulenheimo, Emmanuel Genot, Shahid Rahman

Book Overview

Andinmy haste, I said: "Allmenare Liars" 1 --Psalms 116:11 The Original Lie Philosophical analysis often reveals and seldom solves paradoxes. To quote Stephen Read: A paradox arises when an unacceptable conclusion is supported by a plausible argument from apparently acceptable premises. ...] So three di?erent reactions to the paradoxes are possible: to show that the r- soning is fallacious; or that the premises are not true after all; or that 2 the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402084676
• ISBN13: 9781402084676
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"