The Liar Paradox

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-009-22337-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten

Reihe: Classic Philosophical Arguments

This is a comprehensive introduction to one of philosophy's deepest and most fascinating puzzles, the Liar Paradox. It introduces key theories of truth and paradox, and combines accessibility with depth, tracing the paradox from its simplest formulations to the most sophisticated contemporary theories. Chapters by leading philosophers and logicians present both classical and non-classical approaches - supervaluationist, paracomplete, paraconsistent, and substructural - and examine broader families of paradoxes alongside general theories of paradoxicality. The volume also explores the paradox's connections to meta-mathematics, modality, vagueness, quantifiers, context-dependence, and natural language semantics, demonstrating its far-reaching significance and its central role in logic, philosophy of language, and theoretical linguistics. Structured for clarity, each chapter introduces key ideas and develops advanced arguments, making the book an essential resource for students, researchers, and professionals seeking a comprehensive understanding of semantic paradoxes and theories of truth.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rossi, Lorenzo

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; List of contributors; 1. The liar and the semantic paradoxes Lorenzo Rossi; 2. Classical solutions Roy Cook; 3. Non-classical solutions I: supervaluationist logic Hartry Field; 4. Non-classical solutions II: paracomplete and paraconsistent Hartry Field; 5. Non-classical solutions III: substructural Carlo Nicolai; 6. Conceptions of paradoxicality Camila Gallovich and Lucas Rosenblatt; 7. The liar paradox and the revenge paradoxes Julien Murzi and Chris Scambler; 8. The liar paradox and metamathematics Richard Kimberly Heck; 9. The liar paradox and the spectrum of logics Juliette Kennedy and Jouko Väänänen; 10. The liar paradox and modalities Johannes Stern; 11. The liar paradox and vagueness Paul Égré; 12. The liar paradox, quantifiers, and contexts Poppy Mankowitz; 13. The liar paradox in natural languages Michael Glanzberg; Index; Bibliography.

Über Autor(innen)

Rossi, Lorenzo
Lorenzo Rossi is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Turin. His research focuses on truth and paradox, conditionals, and many-valued and substructural logics.