John buridan on self-reference: chapter eight of buridan's 'sophismata', with a translation, an introduction, and a philosophical commentary
Auteur :
Buridan, John
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521288644
Date de publication :
9 sept. 1982
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 x 1,1 cm
Poids :
240 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
John Buridan is now being 'rediscovered' through his relevance to contemporary work in philosophical logic. The final chapter of Buridan's Sophismata deals with problems about self-reference, and in particular with the semantic paradoxes. He offers his own distinctive solution to the well-known 'Liar Paradox' and introduces a number of other paradoxes that will be unfamiliar to most logicians.