Frege on Absolute and Relative Truth

An Introduction to the Practice of Interpreting Philosophical Texts

U. Pardey

• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Año: 2012
• ISBN:
  9781137012234
• Categoría: Mathematik
• Categoría: Geschichte & Philosophie der Mathematik

This book has two objectives: to be a contribution to the understanding of Frege's theory of truth – especially a defence of his notorious critique of the correspondence theory - and to be an introduction to the practice of interpreting philosophical texts.

Índice

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Series Editor’s Preface
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Texts and Translations
• List of Logical Symbols
• 1 Introduction: In Tarski’s Shadow
• 2 The Context: The Question of Truth Bearers
• 3 Frege’s Text and Its Argumentative Structure
• 4 The First Argument: Scientific Truth Is Absolute
• 5 The Second Argument: Scientific Truth Is Perfect
• 6 The Third Argument: Scientific Truth Is Independent
• 7 Parallels in Frege’s ‘Logik’
• 8 The Fourth Argument: The Circle Objection
• 9 The Omnipresence of Truth
• 10 Dummett’s Regress
• 11 The Reduction of I-Truth to S-Truth
• 12 The Fifth Argument: Frege’s Regress
• 13 The Road to a Novel Interpretation
• 14 Absolute or Relative Truth?
• 15 Tarski’s Definition of Truth and Frege’s Critique
• 16 Conclusion I: Absolute versus Relative Truth
• 17 Conclusion II: Two Modes of Interpretation
• Appendix: Synopsis of Relevant Frege Passages and Their Various Translations
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index