Frege on Absolute and Relative Truth [electronic resource] : An Introduction to the Practice of Interpreting Philosophical Texts /
Pardey, U.author.
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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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; Texts and Translations; List of Logical Symbols; 1 Introduction: In Tarski's Shadow; 1.1 Frege's critique of the correspondence theory; 1.2 Six incredible errors; 2 The Context: The Question of Truth Bearers; 2.1 Psychologism - Frege's major target; 2.2 Relative and absolute truth; 2.3 Excursion: relativizations of truth; 2.4 Regions of truth; 2.5 Two notions of truth; 2.6 The truth of pictures and ideas in terms of correspondence; 3 Frege's Text and Its Argumentative Structure; 3.1 The text
3.2 Discussion of the structure: demarcating the arguments3.3 Three definitions of I-truth in terms of correspondence; 4 The First Argument: Scientific Truth Is Absolute; 4.1 The text; 4.2 The absoluteness of scientific truth; 4.3 Soames's and Künne's criticisms of Frege's first argument; 5 The Second Argument: Scientific Truth Is Perfect; 5.1 The text; 5.2 The perfection of scientific truth; 5.3 Soames's reconstruction of the second argument; 5.4 Stuhlmann-Laeisz's critique; 6 The Third Argument: Scientific Truth Is Independent; 6.1 The text
6.2 The connection between the second and third arguments6.3 The dependency of I-truth; 6.4 The omnipresence of truth and Dummett's alleged regress; 6.5 The distinction between I-truth and S-truth; 6.6 The independence of scientific truth; 6.7 The game and its potential restart; 6.8 The connections between the first three arguments; 7 Parallels in Frege's 'Logik'; 7.1 Similarities between the parallel arguments; 7.2 The connection between the two arguments; 7.3 Differences between the definitions; 7.4 Proof structure of the arguments; 7.5 The error in the circle objection in 'Logik'
7.6 The transition from 'Logik' to 'Der Gedanke'7.7 The respective contexts in 'Logik' and in 'Der Gedanke'; 7.8 Concluding comparison of L and G; 7.9 The treadmill; 8 The Fourth Argument: The Circle Objection; 8.1 The text; 8.2 An analytic definition with two one-place predicates; 8.3 The inapplicability of the circle objection to a non-analytic definition; 8.4 Künne's critique; 8.5 A generalization of the circle objection; 9 The Omnipresence of Truth; 9.1 The circle in the application process; 9.2 Propositional questions (1); 9.3 Decisions and applications; 9.4 Propositional questions (2)
9.5 The form of assertive sentences10 Dummett's Regress; 10.1 Dummett's reconstruction and critique of Frege's arguments; 10.2 Dummett's and Soames's neglect of Frege's definitions; 10.3 Dummett's way of connecting the third and fourth objections; 10.4 Dummett's regress as a beginner's mistake; 11 The Reduction of I-Truth to S-Truth; 11.1 The text; 11.2 True ideas and true friends; 11.3 The reduction of I-truth to sentence truth; 11.4 The relativity of sentence truth; 11.5 The truth we really mean; 11.6 The answer to the initial question; 12 The Fifth Argument: Frege's Regress; 12.1 The text
12.2 The regress argument
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Frege, Gottlob, 1848-1925.
Mathematics-Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Language and languages-Philosophy.
Modern philosophy.
Logic.
Analysis (Philosophy).
Philosophy of Mathematics.
History of Philosophy.
Philosophy of Language.
Modern Philosophy.
Logic.
Analytic Philosophy.