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The signalman against the glut and gap theoristsSynthese 198 (11): 10923-10937. 2020.Radical glut and gap theorists deny—in opposite ways—that the liar sentence has exactly one of the two values true and not true. I describe a scenario where a signalman finds himself in a situation analogous to the liar paradox: if he lights a fire at a certain time, that is analogous to the liar being true, and if he does not, that is analogous to the liar not being true. It is obvious that he must make exactly one of those states of affairs come about. It is argued that there are no relevant d…Read more
Casper Storm Hansen
Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of SciencesAssociate Professor
University of Aberdeen
PhD, 2014
Areas of Specialization
Logic and Philosophy of Logic |
Philosophy of Mathematics |
Philosophy of Language |
Formal Epistemology |
Decision Theory |