Frege on Absolute and Relative Truth
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Frege on Absolute and Relative Truth

An Introduction to the Practice of Interpreting Philosophical Texts

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eBook - PDF

Frege on Absolute and Relative Truth

An Introduction to the Practice of Interpreting Philosophical Texts

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Series Editor’s Preface
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Texts and Translations
  10. List of Logical Symbols
  11. 1 Introduction: In Tarski’s Shadow
  12. 2 The Context: The Question of Truth Bearers
  13. 3 Frege’s Text and Its Argumentative Structure
  14. 4 The First Argument: Scientific Truth Is Absolute
  15. 5 The Second Argument: Scientific Truth Is Perfect
  16. 6 The Third Argument: Scientific Truth Is Independent
  17. 7 Parallels in Frege’s ‘Logik’
  18. 8 The Fourth Argument: The Circle Objection
  19. 9 The Omnipresence of Truth
  20. 10 Dummett’s Regress
  21. 11 The Reduction of I-Truth to S-Truth
  22. 12 The Fifth Argument: Frege’s Regress
  23. 13 The Road to a Novel Interpretation
  24. 14 Absolute or Relative Truth?
  25. 15 Tarski’s Definition of Truth and Frege’s Critique
  26. 16 Conclusion I: Absolute versus Relative Truth
  27. 17 Conclusion II: Two Modes of Interpretation
  28. Appendix: Synopsis of Relevant Frege Passages and Their Various Translations
  29. Notes
  30. Bibliography
  31. Index