John Buridan on Self-Reference
| Author | : Jean Buridan |
| Publisher | : CUP Archive |
| Total Pages | : 188 |
| Release | : 1982-09-09 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0521288649 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780521288644 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (644 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis John Buridan on Self-Reference by : Jean Buridan
Download or read book John Buridan on Self-Reference written by Jean Buridan and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1982-09-09 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.