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About the Author
Kevin Scharp received his PhD in philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh in 2005 and is now an Associate Professor of Philosophy at The Ohio State University. He works on philosophical logic, philosophy of language, and the history of analytic philosophy, and he is the editor of a collection of Wilfrid Sellars' essays.
Reviews
Logicians have been trying to solve the Liar Paradox and its associated family of insolubiles for the best part of two and a half thousand years; so one might well have thought that there could be no very new views on the topic. The subject is deep and hard, however; and this is not the case. In Replacing Truth, Kevin Scharp has come up with one. * Graham Priest, Mind *
Scharp presents an intriguing example of conceptual engineering, proposing to discard our apparently inconsistent concept of truth and replace it with two shiny new and arguably consistent concepts. In doing so, he provides an informative and welcome survey of current approaches to truth and paradox, rightly urging that a unified theory of the two notions is essential. There is much to be learned from his discussion. * Stephen Read, The Philosophical Quarterly *
rich and rewarding . . . I find the book very productive to engage with; its vision, clarity of purpose, and creativity all come in large measures. . . . Scharp's voice is indispensable in this conversation. * David Ripley, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199653850
Author Kevin Scharp
Format Hardback
Page Count 344
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 674g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 169mm * 26mm