Revenge of the Liar: New Essays on the Paradoxes

Since the expressibility of the key notion would generate paradox, they claim that Field's theory is no better off than standard reactions to the paradox: it prevents inconsistency through expressive incompleteness. [...] it appears there was some laxity in proof-reading which resulted in a few...

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Published in:	Philosophy Vol. 84; no. 329; pp. 454 - 458
Main Author:	Steinberg, Alex
Format:	Book Review
Language:	English
Published:	London Cambridge University Press 01-07-2009
Subjects:	Language Logic Nonfiction Philosophy Reviews
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Summary:	Since the expressibility of the key notion would generate paradox, they claim that Field's theory is no better off than standard reactions to the paradox: it prevents inconsistency through expressive incompleteness. [...] it appears there was some laxity in proof-reading which resulted in a few too many typos in places and inconsistent (and partly incorrect) cross-references to papers in the same volume.
ISSN:	0031-8191 1469-817X
DOI:	10.1017/S0031819109000436