Logic Without Gaps or Gluts: How to Solve the Paradoxes Without Sacrificing Classical Logic

This book offers a defense against non-classical approaches to paradoxes, arguing that classical solutions fare better than non-classical ones with respect to key tests like Currys Paradox. The author presents a non-logically-revisionary solution to the paradoxes, rejecting objections and comparing the virtues of his approach with those of the paraconsistent and paracomplete competition.

Format: Hardback
Length: 189 pages
Publication date: 26 February 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This book provides a robust defense against non-classical approaches to paradoxes. The author argues that, despite appearances, the paradoxes offer no compelling reason to reject classical logic. In fact, he contends that classical solutions surpass non-classical ones in terms of key tests such as Currys Paradox, a Liar-like paradox that dialetheists are compelled to resolve in a manner entirely distinct from their solution to the Liar.

Graham Priest's In Contradiction was the pioneering work that championed the use of non-classical approaches. Since then, these views have gained widespread acceptance within philosophical circles. Much of this movement is driven by a pervasive belief that these logically heterodox solutions provide a more direct and insightful understanding of the paradoxes. They avoid the ad hoc nature of many other solutions to these puzzles.

The author believes that it is high time for a response to these attacks on classical orthodoxy. He presents a non-logically revisionary solution to the paradoxes.

This title employs a literal interpretation of the disquotation metaphor. While the specific details of the view may be novel, the idea has historical roots in the relevant literature. The author meticulously examines objections and systematically rejects each one. He concludes by comparing the merits of his logically orthodox approach with those of the paraconsistent and paracomplete competitors.

Weight: 444g
Dimension: 160 x 243 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030946234
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022