Simple Truth, Contradiction, and Consistency
Stewart Shapiro · 2004
Abstract This paper argues that the dialetheist is subject to a criticism much like one that Priest levels against consistent theories of truth: there are certain notions and concepts that the dialetheist invokes (informally), but which he or she cannot adequately express, unless the meta-theory is (completely) consistent. Such notions include disagreement, simple truth, simple falsity, non-diatheia, and even consistency. The insistence on a consistent meta-theory would undermine the key aspect of dialetheism; namely, the uniformity of object language and meta-language.