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讀書筆記︰Formal Theories of Truth

Formal Theories of Truth, Jc Beall, Michael Glanzberg, and David Ripley
讀書筆記︰Formal Theories of Truth

Formal Theories of Truth
Jc Beall, Michael Glanzberg, and David Ripley

書如其名,就係介紹唔同嘅formal theories of truth,之所以有咁多套,都係因為要處理liar paradox(當然仲有其他類似嘅paradox,chapter 2有介紹,但主要都係解決liar),事關一旦接受truth predicate符合T-schema(i.e. T<A> iff A),再加上classical logic嘅話就會出現liar paradox。

Tarski著名嘅解決方法係引入hierarchy of language,分層之後每個truth predicate都只可以指涉下層嘅句子,從而禁止liar paradox出現。不過Kripke 1975篇 Outline of a Theory of Truth 顯示其實仲有其他方法處理,令到語言本身可以有自己嘅truth predicate(Tarski個approach唔得),呢本書主要介紹三大類方法。

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