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Book announcement: 'Self-reference'

Below is an announcement of the new anthology Self-Reference, published by
 
CSLI Publications. It contains a thourough introduction to self-reference
 
in the first chapter followed by original contributions from Andrea 
Cantini, Melvin Fitting, Anil Gupta, Vann Mcgee, Donald Perlis, Graham 
Priest, Raymond Smullyan and Stephen Yablo. The paperback edition costs 
$27.50.

Best regards,

    Thomas Bolander

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Self-Reference, CSLI Publications, 2006.

Thomas Bolander, Vincent F. Hendricks and Stig Andur Pedersen, editors.

Here is an anthology of previously unpublished essays on self-reference 
from some of the most outstanding scholars in philosophy, mathematics, and
 
computer science.

This volume is accessible to students and compelling for scholars as it 
reexamines the latest theories of self-reference, including those that 
attempt to explain and resolve the semantic and set-theoretic paradoxes.

A thorough introduction by the editors sets the stage for original 
contributions from Andrea Cantini, Melvin Fitting, Anil Gupta, Vann McGee,
 
Don Perlis, Graham Priest, Raymond M. Smullyan, and Stephen Yablo.

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For over 2000 years self-reference, in the form of the Liar's Paradox, was
 
considered a philosophical oddity. In 1902, self-referential set-theoretic
 
paradoxes triggered a foundational crisis in mathematics. ??Since then,
 
self-reference has continued to play a key role in philosophical and 
mathematical logic as well as, more recently, in theoretical computer 
science. This thought-provoking volume contains a collection of 
cutting-edge articles on this important topic. ???? Moshe Y. Vardi

This is a book that every logician will want to read. The well-worn topics
 
of self-reference and the paradoxes have been given new life in these 
papers by a distinguished group of logicians. ???? Elliot Mendelson

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Thomas Bolander is Assistant Professor of Logic and Computer Science at 
the Technical University of Denmark. Vincent F. Hendricks is Professor of
 
Epistemology, Logic, and Methodology at Roskilde University in Denmark. 
Stig Andur Pedersen is Professor of Philosophy and Science Studies at 
Roskilde University in Denmark.

ISBN (Paperback): 1575865165

ISBN (Cloth): 1575865157