PRESENTATION-COPY

TARSKI, ALFRED.

The Semantic Conception of Truth. And the Foundations of Semantics. Reprinted from Symposium on Meaning and Truth and Truth. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Vol. IV, No. 3, March, 1944.

1944.

8vo. Original printed wrappers. A vague "bend", otherwise a very clean, fresh, and fine copy. Pp. (341)-376.

First printing, in the scarce off -print, with a presentation- inscription to front free end-paper "To Professor P.W. Bridgman/ with best regards/ A.Tarski.", of Tarski's important contribution to his main topic, to which he provided fundamental contributions: The semantic theory of truth. Tarski's semantic conception of truth plays a central role in modern logic as well as in contemporary philosophy of language.

Tarski's shy nature means that he rarely gave away inscribed copies of his works, and a presentation-copy like the present is a rare sight.

The paper is centered around the notion of truth. The main problem is that of giving a satisfactory definition of this notion, i.e., a definition which is materially adequate and formally correct.

Tarski (1901-1983) has contributed seminally to the fields of mathematics and logic in a number of ways, and together with Frege, Russell and Gödel, he now ranks as one of the most important contributors to the field of modern logic.

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