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McGee on Horwich

Ryan Christensen

pp. 205-218

Abstract

Vann McGee has argued against solutions to the liar paradox that simply restrict the scope of the T sentences as little as possible. This argument is often taken to disprove Paul Horwich’s preferred solution to the liar paradox for his Minimal Theory of truth (MT). I argue that Horwich’s theory is different enough from the theory McGee criticized that these criticisms do not apply to Horwich’s theory. On the basis of this, I argue that propositional theories, like MT, cannot be evaluated using the same methods as sentential theories.

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(2016) Synthese 193 (1).

Pages: 205-218

DOI: 10.1007/s11229-015-0753-x

Full citation:

Christensen Ryan (2016) „McGee on Horwich“. Synthese 193 (1), 205–218.