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A Referential Theory of Truth and Falsity book cover

1st Edition

A Referential Theory of Truth and Falsity

By Ilhan Inan Copyright 2022
300 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge
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This book proposes a novel theory of truth and falsity. It argues that truth is a form of reference and falsity is a form of reference failure. Most of the philosophical literature on truth concentrates on certain ontological and epistemic problems. This book focuses instead on language. By utilizing the Fregean idea that sentences are singular referring expressions, the author develops novel... Read more

Prologue

Part I: The Referential Theory of Truth and Falsity

1. Introducing the Referential Theory

2. Frege’s Theory of Truth and Falsity

3. Whenglish: A Language with No Sentences

4. Slingshot Argument

Part II: Some Common Theories of Truth in Relation to the Referential Theory

5. Correspondence Theories

6. Identity Theory

7. Truthmaker Theories

8. Deflationism

Part III: Sentences with Logical Operators

9. Negation

10. Disjunctions and Conditionals

11. Existential and General Statements

Part IV: Applications and Implications of the Referential Theory

12. Liar Paradox

13. Sentence Reference and User Reference

14. Ostensible versus Inostensible Reference

15. Sentences as Rigid and Accidental Designators

16. Necessity and Contingency

17. Knowledge and Curiosity

18. Evolution of Language and Emergence of Truth and Falsity.

Epilogue

Index

Biography

Ilhan Inan is Full Professor of Philosophy at Koç University, Turkey. He is the author of The Philosophy of Curiosity (Routledge, 2012) and co-editor of The Moral Psychology of Curiosity (2018).

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