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The epistemic lightness of truth : deflationism and its logic

Summary: This book analyses and defends the deflationist claim that there is nothing deep about our notion of truth. According to this view, truth is a 'light' and innocent concept, devoid of any essence which could be revealed by scientific inquiry. Cezary Cieśliński considers this claim in light of recent formal results on axiomatic truth theories, which are crucial for understanding and evaluating the philosophical thesis of the innocence of truth. Providing an up-to-date discussion and original perspectives on this central and controversial issue, his book will be important for those with a background in logic who are interested in formal truth theories and in current philosophical debates about the deflationary conception of truth.

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ISBN: 9781316647837
ISBN: 1316647838
ISBN: 1108202810
ISBN: 9781108202817
ISBN: 110817860X
ISBN: 9781108178600
Physical Description: 1 online resource
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Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-291) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	5.2 Horwich's Second SolutionPart II Conservativity; 6 (Non)Conservativity of Disquotation; 7 CT- and CT: Conservativity Properties; 8 Other Compositional Truth Theories; 8.1 The Systems of Kripke-Feferman and Friedman-Sheard; 8.2 Positive Truth with Internal Induction for Total Formulas; 9 Conservativity: Philosophical Motivations; 9.1 Semantic Conservativity; 9.2 Syntactic Conservativity; 10 Maximal Conservative Theories; 11 The Conservativeness Argument; 11.1 Formulations; 11.2 Reactions to the Conservativeness Argument; Part III Reflection Principles
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.