Essays on Frege's Conception of Truth

236 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In his writings on the foundations of logic, Gottlob Frege, the father of modern logic, sketched a conception of truth that focuses on the following questions: What is the sense of the word "true"? Is truth a definable concept or a primitive one? What are the kinds of things of which truth is predicated? What is the role of the concept of truth in judgment, assertion and recognition? What is the logical category of truth? What is the significance of the concept of truth for science in general and for logic in particular? The present volume is dedicated to the interpretation, reconstruction and critical assessment of Frege's conception of truth. It is of interest to all those working on Frege, the history of logic and semantics, or theories of truth. The volume brings together nine original papers whose authors are all widely known to Frege scholars. The main topics are: the role of the concept of truth in Frege's system, the nature of the truth-values, the logical category of truth, the relationship between truth and judgment, and the conception of the truth-bearers.

• Themen: Sprache und Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik Sprachphilosophie
• ISBN: 9789042021563
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2007
• Größe: 234 x 155 mm
• Verlag: Brill