On Pathological Truths

Review of Symbolic Logic 7 (4):601-617 (2014)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

In Kripke’s classic paper on truth it is argued that by adding a new semantic category different from truth and falsity it is possible to have a language with its own truth predicate. A substantial problem with this approach is that it lacks the expressive resources to characterize those sentences which fall under the new category. The main goal of this paper is to offer a refinement of Kripke’s approach in which this difficulty does not arise. We tackle this characterization problem by letting certain sentences belong to more than one semantic category. We also consider the prospect of generalizing this framework to deal with languages containing vague predicates.

Other Versions

No versions found

Similar books and articles

An Intensional Theory of Truth: An Informal Report.Roy T. Cook - 2020 - Philosophical Forum 51 (2):115-126.
Construction of truth predicates: Approximation versus revision.Juan Barba - 1998 - Bulletin of Symbolic Logic 4 (4):399-417.
The concept of truth and the semantics of the truth predicate.Kirk Ludwig & Emil Badici - 2007 - Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 50 (6):622-638.
Super liars.Philippe Schlenker - 2010 - Review of Symbolic Logic 3 (3):374-414.
Extension of Definitional Domain for Truth and Falsehood Operators.Sergey A. Pavlov - 2018 - Proceedings of the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy 19:23-28.
Dogma, Assertive grounds and forms of Truth-assignment failure.Lucas Ribeiro Vollet - 2022 - Geltung - Revista de Estudos das Origens da Filosofia Contemporânea 1 (2):1-23.

Analytics

Added to PP
2015-08-01

Downloads
497 (#57,235)

6 months
140 (#34,167)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author Profiles

Lucas Rosenblatt
Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)
Damian Szmuc
Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)

References found in this work

Outline of a theory of truth.Saul Kripke - 1975 - Journal of Philosophy 72 (19):690-716.
Solving the paradoxes, escaping revenge.Hartry Field - 2007 - In J. C. Beall (ed.), The Revenge of the Liar: New Essays on the Paradox. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press UK.
True, false and paranormal.J. Beall - 2006 - Analysis 66 (2):102-114.
A fixed point theorem for the weak Kleene valuation scheme.Anil Gupta & Robert L. Martin - 1984 - Journal of Philosophical Logic 13 (2):131 - 135.

View all 8 references / Add more references