The Incomplete Universe

Totality, Knowledge, and Truth

Patrick Grim (Suny/Stony Brook)

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Bradford Books
08 November 1991

Drug-induced states

Series: A Bradford Book

"The central claim of this powerful philosophical exploration is that within any logic we have, there can be no coherent notion of all truth or of total knowledge. Grim examines a series of logical paradoxes and related formal results to reveal their implications for contemporary epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of religion. He reaches the provocative conclusion that, if the universe is thought of in terms of its truths, it is essentially open and incomplete. The Incomplete Universe includes detailed work on the liar paradox and recent attempts at solution, Kaplan and Montague's paradox of the knower, the G del theorems and related incompleteness phenomena, and new forms of Cantorian argument. The emphasis throughout is philosophical rather than formal, with an eye to connection's with possible worlds, the notion of omniscience, and the opening lines of the Tractatus- ""The world is all that is the case. """

By: Patrick Grim (Suny/Stony Brook)
Imprint: Bradford Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9780262519113
ISBN 10: 0262519119
Series: A Bradford Book
Pages: 182
Publication Date: 08 November 1991
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Patrick Grim is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.