The Yablo paradox : an essay on circularity /

Roy T. Cook examines the Yablo paradox, a paradoxical, infinite sequence of sentences, each of which entails the falsity of all others that follow it. He focuses on questions of characterization, circularity and generalizability, and pays special attention to the idea that it provides us with a sema...

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Essay on circularity
1. Verfasser:
Cook, Roy T.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Zusammenfassung:
Roy T. Cook examines the Yablo paradox, a paradoxical, infinite sequence of sentences, each of which entails the falsity of all others that follow it. He focuses on questions of characterization, circularity and generalizability, and pays special attention to the idea that it provides us with a semantic paradox that involves no circularity.
Umfang:
1 online resource (viii, 193 pages)
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-176060-9
Schlagworte:
Paradox.
Logic.
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