Circularity, definition, and truth

by André Chapuis (Editor), Anil Gupta (Editor)

This volume consists of eighteen new essays, written by distinguished scholars, on topics that
are of great interest to logicians and philosophers: definitions and the concept of truth. The
essays fall into three groups. The first group defends the logical legitimacy and fruitfulness
of circular definitions. It argues that circular definitions yield better theories not only of
truth but also of defeasible inference, rationality, knowledge, and vagueness. The second group
contributes to the philosophical debate over deflationism. Some essays in this group develop
better versions of deflationary and substantive theories; some draw attention to phenomena that
must be kept in view in thinking about truth. The final group is concerned with recent logical
theories of truth. This group includes critical assessments of fixed?point and revision theories.
It includes also new and accessible presentations of pointer semantics and the singularity theory
by their originators.

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402 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000