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Frege on Absolute and Relative Truth
An Introduction to the Practice of Interpreting Philosophical Texts
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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
- 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