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On the Origin of Truth Values
Tim Maudlin
in Truth and Paradox: Solving the Riddles
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- January 2005
- ISBN:
- 9780199247295
- eISBN:
- 9780191601781
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199247293.003.0002
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Philosophy of Language
The formal language developed in ch. 1 is modelled as a directed graph with a boundary, and the problem of assigning truth values to sentences assimilated to a boundary‐value problem. A trivalent ... More
Formal Losses
Gerald E. Sacks
in Future Pasts: The Analytic Tradition in Twentieth Century Philosophy
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195139167
- eISBN:
- 9780199833214
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/019513916X.003.0021
- Subject:
- Philosophy, History of Philosophy
Sacks argues against the value of introducing formal precision in mathematics. Intuitive concepts, such as computability, can be the source of fruitful insights as well as worked with in proofs, ... More
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