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| Author | C. Dutilh Novaes | | Title | A comparative taxonomy of medieval and modern approaches to Liar sentences |
| Journal | History and philosophy of logic |
| Volume | 29 |
| Year | 2008 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 227-261 |
| ISSN | 01445340 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
| Institute/dept. | FNWI: Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) |
| Abstract | Two periods in the history of logic and philosophy are characterized notably by vivid interest in self-referential paradoxical sentences in general, and Liar sentences in particular: the later medieval period (roughly from the 12th to the 15th century) and the last 100 years. In this paper, I undertake a comparative taxonomy of these two traditions. I outline and discuss eight main approaches to Liar sentences in the medieval tradition, and compare them to the most influential modern approaches to such sentences. I also emphasize the aspects of each tradition that find no counterpart in the other one. It is expected that such a comparison may point in new directions for future research on the paradoxes; indeed, the present analysis allows me to draw a few conclusions about the general nature of Liar sentences, and to identify aspects that would require further investigation. |
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