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Single Idea 3749

[filed under theme 3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 2. Semantic Truth ]

Full Idea

We do not seem to have any use in ordinary discourse for phrases like 'true in English', 'false in German'.

Gist of Idea

What does 'true in English' mean?

Source

D.J. O'Connor (The Correspondence Theory of Truth [1975], II.1)

Book Ref

O'Connor,D.J.: 'The Correspondence Theory of Truth' [Hutchinson 1975], p.104