Truth

"Starred (*) technical sections optional Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii CHAPTER ONE: Introduction 1 1.1 Traditional Theories 2 1.2 Contemporary Theories 4 1.3 Paradoxes 5 1.4 Plan 7 1.5 Sentences 10 1.6 Propositions 12 CHAPTER TWO: Tarski 16 2.1 ""Semantic"" Truth 16 2.2 Object Language vs Metalanguage 18 2.3 Recursive Definition 22 2.4* Direct Definition 24 2.5* Self-Reference 28 2.6* Model Theory 29 CHAPTER THREE: Deflationism 33 3.1 Redundancy 34 3.2 Other Radical Theories 38 3.3 Disquotation 41 3.4 Other Moderate Theories 44 3.5 Sloganeering 47 3.6 Reference 49 CHAPTER FOUR: Indeterminacy 52 4.1 Presupposition 53 4.2 Vagueness 54 4.3 Denial, Disqualification, Deviance 55 4.4 Doublespeak, Dependency, Defeatism 59 4.5 Relativity 61 4.6 Local vs Global 65 CHAPTER FIVE: Realism 68 5.1 Realism vs Deflationism 68 5.2 Correspondence Theories 70 5.3 Truthmaker Theories 72 5.4 Physicalism 74 5.5 Utility 77 5.6 Normativity 79 CHAPTER SIX: Antirealism 83 6.1 Meaning and Truth 84 6.2 Davidsonianism 87 6.3 Dummettianism vs Davidsonianism 90 6.4 Dummettianism vs Deflationism 93 6.5 Holism 96 6.6 Pluralism 97 CHAPTER SEVEN: Kripke 102 7.1 Kripke vs Tarski 103 7.2 The Minimum Fixed Point 105 7.3 Ungroundedness 107 7.4* The Transfinite Construction 109 7.5* Revision 112 7.6* Axiomatics 113 CHAPTER EIGHT: Insolubility? 116 8.1 Paradoxical Reasoning 116 8.2 ""Revenge"" 118 8.3 Logical ""Solutions"" 120 8.4 ""Paraconsistency"" 123 8.5 Contextualist ""Solutions"" 124 8.6 Inconsistency Theories 127 Further Reading 135 Bibliography 143 Index 153"