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Full Idea
If sentences can have truth-values only when they occur as asserted, it would be impossible to have a truth-functional basis to logic.
Gist of Idea
Logic seems to work for unasserted sentences
Source
D.J. O'Connor (The Correspondence Theory of Truth [1975], Ch.6)
Book Ref
O'Connor,D.J.: 'The Correspondence Theory of Truth' [Hutchinson 1975], p.40
| 3742 | Beliefs must match facts, but also words must match beliefs [O'Connor] |
| 3743 | We can't contemplate our beliefs until we have expressed them [O'Connor] |
| 3745 | Must sentences make statements to qualify for truth? [O'Connor] |
| 3744 | The semantic theory requires sentences as truth-bearers, not propositions [O'Connor] |
| 3746 | Logic seems to work for unasserted sentences [O'Connor] |
| 3747 | Events are fast changes which are of interest to us [O'Connor] |
| 3748 | Without language our beliefs are particular and present [O'Connor] |
| 3749 | What does 'true in English' mean? [O'Connor] |