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Title
Frege on absolute and relative truth
Type
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Monograph
Language
English
Classification
LCC: B3245.F24 P375 2012 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 193 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23)
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Table Of Contents
Introduction: In Tarski's shadow
The context: the question of truth bearers
Frege's text and its argumentative structure
The first argument: Scientific truth is absolute
The second argument: Scientific truth is perfect
The third argument: Scientific truth is independent
Parallels in Frege's 'Logik'
The fourth argument: The circle objection
The omnipresence of truth
Dummett's regress
The reduction of I-truth to S-truth
The fifth argument: Frege's regress
The road to a novel interpretation
Absolute or relative truth?
Tarski's definition of truth and Frege's critique
Conclusion I: absolute versus relative truth
Conclusion II: Two modes of interpretation
Appendix: Synopsis of relevant Frege passages and their various translations: 'Der Gedanke' ; 'Logik' ; Some remarks on the translation.
Authorized Access Point
Pardey, Ulrich, 1946- Frege on absolute and relative truth