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  1. John F. Fox (1994). How Must Relativism Be Construed to Be Coherent? Philosophy of the Social Sciences 24 (1):55-75.
    This essay attempts to clarify certain notions that the author finds useful for the discussion of relativism and then to show what kinds of relativism about values, rationality, and truth are and are not coherent.
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  2. John F. Fox (1990). The Minimal and Semiminimal Motions of Truth. Australasian Journal of Philosophy 68 (2):157 – 167.
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  3. John F. Fox (1989). What Were Tarski's Truth-Definitions For? History and Philosophy of Logic 10 (2):165-179.
    Tarski's manner of defining truth is generally considered highly significant. About why, there is less consensus. I argue first, that in his truth-definitions Tarski was trying to solve a set of philosophical problems; second, that he solved them successfully; third, that all of these that are simply problems about defining truth are as well or better solved by a simpler account of truth. But one of his crucial problems remains: to give an account of validity, one requires an account not (...)
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  4. John F. Fox (1987). Truthmaker. Australasian Journal of Philosophy 65 (2):188 – 207.
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  5. John F. Fox (1986). A Defence of 'Self-Defeating' Arguments. Australasian Journal of Philosophy 64 (2):213 – 216.
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  6. John F. Fox (1981). Critical Notice. Australasian Journal of Philosophy 59 (1):92 – 103.
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