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Truth: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to philosophical theories about the nature of truth. The two authors ¿ leading philosophers in this field ¿ build the book around a single question: what, if anything, is common to all truths, which makes them true?

Truth: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to philosophical theories about the nature of truth. The two authors ¿ leading philosophers in this field ¿ build the book around a single question: what, if anything, is common to all truths, which makes them true?

Apparent contradiction is common in traditional monotheism, and perhaps especially so in standard Christian theology given central doctrines such as the incarnation and trinity. This Element aims to chart out a very elementary but abstract framework through which such contradictions may be approached. This Element does not attempt to address the many options for thinking about contradictions in the face of logical entailment, it charts only a ...

Christian theology is monotheistic, but the idea of the trinity problematises this: how can there be one god, but also Father, Son, and Spirit? Jc Beall provides a simple but logically rigorous solution, arguing that the apparent contradictions of the trinity cannot be rejected without thereby rejecting fundamental truths of divine reality.

Deflationist accounts of truth are widely held in contemporary philosophy: they seek to show that truth is a dispensable concept with no metaphysical depth. However, logical paradoxes present problems for deflationists that their work has struggled to overcome. In this volume of fourteen original essays, a distinguished team of contributors explore the extent to which, if at all, deflationism can accommodate paradox. The volume will be of inte...

Leading scholar Jc Beall advances a contradictory Christology by addressing the apparent contradiction of Christ's being fully human and fully divine.

Among the various conceptions of truth is one according to which "is true" is a transparent, entirely see-through device introduced for only practical (expressive) reasons. This device, when introduced into the language, brings about truth-theoretic paradoxes (particularly, the notorious Liar and Curry paradoxes). The options for dealing with the paradoxes while preserving the full transparency of "true" are limited. In Spandrels of Truth, Bea...

A clear and authoritative guide to the logic of truth and paradox~Written by three leading philosopher-logicians~Covers all the key ideas and approaches in a concise and accessible way~Ideal for use by advanced undergraduate or graduate students who have taken a standard logic course

A clear and authoritative guide to the logic of truth and paradox~Written by three leading philosopher-logicians~Covers all the key ideas and approaches in a concise and accessible way~Ideal for use by advanced undergraduate or graduate students who have taken a standard logic course

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Logic is fundamental to thought and language. But which logical principles are correct? The paradoxes play a crucial role in answering that question. The so-called Liar and Heap paradoxes challenge our basic ideas about logic, at the very least, they teach us that the correct logical principles are not as obvious as common sense would have it. The essays in this volume, written by leading figures in the field, discuss novel thoughts about the ...

Fourteen new essays by some of the world's leading experts, together with an extensive introduction, examine the nature of the Liar paradox and its resistance to any attempt to solve it.

Fourteen new essays by some of the world's leading experts, together with an extensive introduction, examine the nature of the Liar paradox and its resistance to any attempt to solve it.

Logic: the Basics is an accessible introduction to several core areas of logic. This thoroughly revised second edition not only comprehensively covers the standard topics in logic at an introductory level but also gives the reader an idea of how they can take their knowledge further. With its wealth of exercises (many of which have solutions in the encyclopedic online supplement) Logic: the Basics will be useful as a textbook in courses rangin...