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- The central claim of this powerful philosophical exploration is that within any logic we have, there can be no coherent notion of all truth or of total knowledge.
- About the Author: Patrick Grim is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
- 182 Pages
- Philosophy, Epistemology
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The central claim of this powerful philosophical exploration is that within any logic we have, there can be no coherent notion of all truth or of total knowledge.Book Synopsis
The central claim of this powerful philosophical exploration is that within any logic we have, there can be no coherent notion of all truth or of total knowledge. Grim examines a series of logical paradoxes and related formal results to reveal their implications for contemporary epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of religion. He reaches the provocative conclusion that, if the universe is thought of in terms of its truths, it is essentially open and incomplete. The Incomplete Universe includes detailed work on the liar paradox and recent attempts at solution, Kaplan and Montague's paradox of the knower, the Gödel theorems and related incompleteness phenomena, and new forms of Cantorian argument. The emphasis throughout is philosophical rather than formal, with an eye to connection's with possible worlds, the notion of omniscience, and the opening lines of the Tractatus: "The world is all that is the case. "About the Author
Patrick Grim is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .42 Inches (D)
Weight: .6 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 182
Genre: Philosophy
Sub-Genre: Epistemology
Publisher: MIT Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Patrick Grim
Language: English
Street Date: November 8, 1991
TCIN: 90957364
UPC: 9780262519113
Item Number (DPCI): 247-10-1230
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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