Burge's Contextual Theory of Truth and the Super-Liar Paradox

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作者
Leonard, Matt [1 ]
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[1] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Philosophy, Davis, CA 95616 USA
来源
LOGICA YEARBOOK 2011 | 2012年
关键词
liar paradox; contextualism; super liar; revenge; truth;
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O1 [数学];
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0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
One recently proposed solution to the Liar paradox is the contextual theory of truth. Tyler Burge (1979) argues that truth is an indexical notion and that the extension of the truth predicate shifts during Liar reasoning. A Liar sentence might be true in one context and false in another. To many, contextualism seems to capture our pre-theoretic intuitions about the semantic paradoxes; this is especially due to its reliance on the so-called Revenge phenomenon. I, however, show that Super-Liar sentences (where a Super-Liar sentence is a sentence which says of itself that it is not true in any context) generate a significant problem for Burge's contextual theory of truth.
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页码:141 / 152
页数:12
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