Isbn: 9780195050721 - the Liar: Essay on Truth and Circularity (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. pp.xii, 185 pages, a very good hardback, publisher's original green cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine, from a libtary [019505072X].

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. xii, 185 pp. Original cloth. Near Fine, in near fine dust jacket. 'Jon Barwise and John Etchemendy propose that the liar sentence (which they interpret as synonymous with the Strengthened Liar) is ambiguous. They base this conclusion on a distinction they make between a 'denial' and a 'negation'. If the liar means 'It is not the case that this statement is true' then it is denying itself. If it means 'This statement is not true' then it is negating itself. They go on to argue, based on their theory of 'situational semantics', that the 'denial liar' can be true without contradiction while the 'negation liar' can be false without contradiction' ('Liar Paradox' entry on Wikipedia).…

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