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Truth and the liar paradox

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Abstract

We analyze the informal notion of truth and conclude that it can be formalized in essentially two distinct ways: constructively, in terms of provability, or classically, as a hierarchy of concepts which satisfy Tarski's biconditional in limited settings. This leads to a complete resolution of the liar paradox.

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@article{arxiv.1112.6127,
  title  = {Truth and the liar paradox},
  author = {Nik Weaver},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.6127},
  year   = {2011}
}

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10 pages

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