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Single Idea 3745

[filed under theme 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers ]

Full Idea

Maybe a sentence is not a candidate for truth until it is used to make a statement.

Gist of Idea

Must sentences make statements to qualify for truth?

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.35