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In Defence of Radical Restrictionism

Author(s) -

Liggins David

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

philosophy and phenomenological research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7

H-Index - 39

eISSN - 1933-1592

pISSN - 0031-8205

DOI - 10.1111/phpr.12391

Subject(s) - schema (genetic algorithms) , epistemology , philosophy , face (sociological concept) , law and economics , sociology , computer science , linguistics , machine learning

Restrictionism is a response to the Liar and other paradoxes concerning truth. Restrictionists—as I will call proponents of the strategy—respond to these paradoxes by giving up instances of the schema < p > is true iff p . My aim is to show that the current unpopularity of restrictionism is undeserved. I will argue that, whilst cautious versions of the strategy may face serious problems, a radical and previously overlooked version of restrictionism provides a strong and defensible response to the paradoxes.

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