Inexpressible propositions and limits of propositional notions of truth, assertion, belief and knowledge

RACLAVSKÝ, Jiří. Inexpressible propositions and limits of propositional notions of truth, assertion, belief and knowledge. 2023.

Basic information

• Original name: Inexpressible propositions and limits of propositional notions of truth, assertion, belief and knowledge
• Authors: RACLAVSKÝ, Jiří.
• Edition: 2023.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Requested lectures
• Field of Study: 60301 Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
• Country of publisher: Spain
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords in English: truth; assertion; knowledge; belief; necessity

Abstract

Some authors (e.g. Wisniewski, Fritz) recently proved that there must be possible world propositions that cannot be expressed in language. In this talk, I show particular examples of fine-grained (hyper-)propositions that correspond to some such possible world propositions. They contain notions such as assertion, knowledge, belief, truth, and necessity. The inexpressibility (first noticed by Prior and Tichy on the example of the Liar paradox) thus reveals principal limits on any logical explication of these notions.

Links

• MUNI/A/1082/2022, interní kód MU: Name: Aspekty soudobé filozofie V

Investor: Masaryk University