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In this book, Yaq=ub describes a simple conception of truth and shows that it yields a semantical theory that accommodates the whole range of our seemingly conflicting intuitions about truth. This conception takes the Tarskian biconditionals (such as ""The sentence 'Johannes loved Clara' is true if and only if Johannes loved Clara"") as correctly and completely defining the notion of truth. The semantical theory, which is called the revision theory, that emerges from this conception paints a metaphysical picture of truth as a property whose applicability is given by a revision process rather than by a fixed extension. The main advantage of this revision process is its ability to explain why truth seems in many cases almost redundant, in others substantial, and yet in others paradoxical (as in the famous Liar). Yaq=ub offers a comprehensive defense of the revision theory of truth by developing consistent and adequate formal semantics for languages in which all sorts of problematic sentences (Liar and company) can be constructed. Yaq=ub concludes by introducing a logic of truth that further demonstrates the adequacy of the revision theory.

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The book is beautifully self-contained, and Yaqub holds his own successfully in a literature studded with able and clear expositors. --Mind<br>

The book is beautifully self-contained, and Yaqub holds his own successfully in a literature studded with able and clear expositors. --Mind

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