Reflexivity: A Source-Book in Self-Reference - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0444890920 ISBN 13: 9780444890924

Publisher: North-Holland

Synopsis

In this book are thirty-two essays on reflexivity, which together form the classical basis for current research in this steadily growing area of study. They cover more than half a century of work that was inspired (directly or indirectly) by the intellectual misgivings and confusion that followed the discovery of the semantical and set-theoretical paradoxes. The papers were originally published in numerous journals and volumes of conference proceedings, and have been brought together here for the first time, where they are printed in facsimile. The individual essays were chosen for inclusion with three criteria in view: that each, when read in conjunction with others, should throw light on the evolution of thought about reflexivity; that each paper should, as we look back on the past sixty years of research, be recognizable as a basic contribution to current research; and that each article should point the interested reader on to other key contributions in the literature.

Edition details

• Publisher: North-Holland
• ISBN 10: 0444890920
• ISBN 13: 9780444890924
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Editor: Bartlett Steven J.