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Liars and Heaps: New Essays on Paradox

By Jc Beall

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
0199264805, 9780199264803, 0199264813, 9780199264810
Open Library ID
OL15555193M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3403591 bytes)
Pages
384\381
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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 paradoxes.

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