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    Bradley Armour-Garb — Carmelics
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    Bradley Armour-Garb

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    Bradley Armour-Garb is a contemporary analytic philosopher at the University at Albany (SUNY), specializing in philosophy of language, logic, and the theory of truth. He is known for his sustained work on deflationism about truth, semantic paradoxes—particularly the liar paradox—and the foundations of logic. His research critically examines the explanatory limits and commitments of deflationary truth theories.

    Notable Achievements

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    Extended and critiqued deflationist theories of truth, exposing explanatory gaps in leading deflationary frameworks

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    Contributed to the analysis of semantic paradoxes, including the liar paradox and related self-referential puzzles

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    Co-authored work with JC Beall on dialetheism, paraconsistency, and deflationism

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    Developed accounts of the relationship between truth, negation, and semantic pathology

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    Edited and contributed to volumes on truth, deflationism, and the philosophy of logic

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    If deflationism is true, then the explanation expressed in (6) goes missing.

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