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Frege on Absolute and Relative Truth

An Introduction to the Practice of Interpreting Philosophical Texts

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  1. Ulrich Pardey

    1. Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany

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Part of the book series: History of Analytic Philosophy (History of Analytic Philosophy)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Introduction: In Tarski’s Shadow

    • Ulrich Pardey
    Pages 1-5

  3. The Context: The Question of Truth Bearers

    • Ulrich Pardey
    Pages 6-16

  4. Frege’s Text and Its Argumentative Structure

    • Ulrich Pardey
    Pages 17-25

  5. The First Argument: Scientific Truth Is Absolute

    • Ulrich Pardey
    Pages 26-33

  6. The Second Argument: Scientific Truth Is Perfect

    • Ulrich Pardey
    Pages 34-40

  7. The Third Argument: Scientific Truth Is Independent

    • Ulrich Pardey
    Pages 41-61

  8. Parallels in Frege’s ‘Logik’

    • Ulrich Pardey
    Pages 62-95

  9. The Fourth Argument: The Circle Objection

    • Ulrich Pardey
    Pages 96-117

  10. The Omnipresence of Truth

    • Ulrich Pardey
    Pages 118-125

  11. Dummett’s Regress

    • Ulrich Pardey
    Pages 126-133

  12. The Reduction of I-Truth to S-Truth

    • Ulrich Pardey
    Pages 134-144

  13. The Fifth Argument: Frege’s Regress

    • Ulrich Pardey
    Pages 145-157

  14. The Road to a Novel Interpretation

    • Ulrich Pardey
    Pages 158-180

  15. Absolute or Relative Truth?

    • Ulrich Pardey
    Pages 181-190

  16. Tarski’s Definition of Truth and Frege’s Critique

    • Ulrich Pardey
    Pages 191-203

  17. Conclusion I: Absolute versus Relative Truth

    • Ulrich Pardey
    Pages 204-209

  18. Conclusion II: Two Modes of Interpretation

    • Ulrich Pardey
    Pages 210-222

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 223-242
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About this book

This book has two objectives: to be a contribution to the understanding of Frege's theory of truth – especially a defence of his notorious critique of the correspondence theory - and to be an introduction to the practice of interpreting philosophical texts.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany

    Ulrich Pardey

About the author

ULRICH PARDEY is Professor of Philosophy at Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany, and one time Visiting Professor at the University of California, Irvine, USA. He is the author of Identität, Existenz und Reflexivität. Sprachanalytische Untersuchungen zur deskriptiven Metaphysik, (Identity, Existence and Reflexivity. An Analytic Enquiry in Descriptive Metaphysics) and Begriffskonflikte in Logik, Sprache, Metaphysik (Conceptual Dilemmas in Logic, Language and Metaphysics).

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