Statements of Truth

An Investigation on Language Indeterminacy

Roberto Pinzani (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

162 Seiten

2025 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-0364-5671-9 (ISBN)

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A substantial body of literature has addressed the problem of reference and truth—both from technical and philosophical perspectives—at least since Putnam's influential work in the 1970s. Many philosophers have focused on the metaphysical dimensions of theories of reference and truth.This book proposes to make explicit the information that enables us to assert a declarative sentence. When language is abstracted from its context for analytical purposes, it often appears indeterminate; articulating the relevant information helps to fix its meaning. The author believes that this book can make a meaningful contribution to the traditional discussion on meaning and truth.Those interested in the philosophy of language will find a fresh and unorthodox perspective on meaning. Scholars engaged in the debate on the relationship between metaphysics and semantics may appreciate a non-metaphysical approach to various semantic issues and puzzles.

Roberto Pinzani taught logic, history of logic, and philosophy of science as a researcher and associate professor at the University of Parma (Italy) from 2004 until his retirement in 2024. Over the course of his career, he has published about forty articles and books. Some of the most significant books include: Introduzione alla grammatica logica, Turin, 2000; The Logical Grammar of Abelard, Dordrecht, 2005; and The Problem of Universals from Boethius to John of Salisbury, 2018. Selected articles include: "Universals in Ontological Investigations," 2022; "Semantic Themes in the Twelfth-Century Debate on Universals,"; and "Using Language to Tell the Truth." In the past ten years, his research has primarily focused on topics in logic and the philosophy of language.

Erscheinungsdatum	15.10.2025
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
ISBN-10	1-0364-5671-4 / 1036456714
ISBN-13	978-1-0364-5671-9 / 9781036456719
Zustand	Neuware