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The Nature of Truth

An updated approach to the meaning of truth ascriptions

  • Offers an overview of the latest developments concerning Truth discussions in the philosophy of language and linguistics
  • Updated interpretation of the topic of redundancy and pro-sententialism
  • Takes the role of truth concepts in our communicative exchange into account

Part of the book series: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science (LEUS, volume 29)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Some Preliminary Issues

    • María José Frápolli
    Pages 1-19
  3. Syntax: Playing with Building Blocks

    • María José Frápolli
    Pages 21-39
  4. The Meaning and Content of Truth Ascriptions

    • María José Frápolli
    Pages 41-64
  5. What Do We Do with Truth Ascriptions?

    • María José Frápolli
    Pages 65-85
  6. The Liar Paradox (And Other Logico-Semantic Issues)

    • María José Frápolli
    Pages 87-109
  7. What Do You Mean by “Redundancy”?

    • María José Frápolli
    Pages 111-126
  8. Obvious Answers for Ready-Made Objections

    • María José Frápolli
    Pages 127-141
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 143-156

About this book

The book offers a characterization of the meaning and role of the notion of truth in natural languages and an explanation of why, in spite of the big amount of proposals about truth, this task has proved to be resistant to the different analyses. The general thesis of the book is that defining truth is perfectly possible and that the average educated philosopher of language has the tools to do it. The book offers an updated treatment of the meaning of truth ascriptions from taking into account the latest views in philosophy of language and linguistics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • , Philosophy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

    Maria Jose Frapolli

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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