Some Preliminary Issues

  • María José Frápolli
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Abstract

What kind of semantic enigma hides in the following toy-conversation?The answer to this question, which we will disclose throughout this book, is straightforward: none. There is no intractable feature in the functioning of truth expressions in natural languages, although the notion truth is complex enough as to require a highly sophisticated conceptual apparatus. The general purpose of this book is to dispel the air of mystery that has traditionally accompanied the notion and doing it with the aid of the conceptual tools put at our disposal by the contemporary sciences of language.

Keywords

Natural Language Propositional Content Truth Operator Propositional Variable Truth Predicate 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • María José Frápolli
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  1. 1.PhilosophyUniversity of GranadaGranadaSpain

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