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Full Idea
The truth predicate has its utility in places where we are compelled to mention sentences. It then serves to point through the sentence to the reality; it serves as a reminder that though sentences are mentioned, reality is still the whole point.
Gist of Idea
Talk of 'truth' when sentences are mentioned; it reminds us that reality is the point of sentences
Source
Willard Quine (Philosophy of Logic [1970], Ch.1)
Book Ref
Quine,Willard: 'Philosophy of Logic' [Prentice-Hall 1970], p.11
A Reaction
A sensible interpretation of the Tarskian account of truth as disquotation. Quine neatly combines a common sense correspondence with a sophisticated logicians view of the role of truth. So what does "I want the truth here" mean?