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Full Idea
A good theory of truth must be such as to admit of its opposite, falsehood.
Gist of Idea
A good theory of truth must make falsehood possible
Source
Bertrand Russell (Problems of Philosophy [1912], Ch.12)
Book Ref
Russell,Bertrand: 'The Problems of Philosophy' [OUP 1995], p.70