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3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 1. Tarski's Truth / a. Tarski's truth definition

[truth defined for formal languages, using 'satisfaction']

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Prior to Gödel we thought truth in mathematics consisted in provability [Gödel, by Quine]
'"It is snowing" is true if and only if it is snowing' is a partial definition of the concept of truth [Tarski]
It is convenient to attach 'true' to sentences, and hence the language must be specified [Tarski]
In the classical concept of truth, 'snow is white' is true if snow is white [Tarski]
Use 'true' so that all T-sentences can be asserted, and the definition will then be 'adequate' [Tarski]
Each interpreted T-sentence is a partial definition of truth; the whole definition is their conjunction [Tarski]
Scheme (T) is not a definition of truth [Tarski]
We don't give conditions for asserting 'snow is white'; just that assertion implies 'snow is white' is true [Tarski]
Tarski gave up on the essence of truth, and asked how truth is used, or how it functions [Tarski, by Horsten]
Tarski did not just aim at a definition; he also offered an adequacy criterion for any truth definition [Tarski, by Halbach]
Tarski enumerates cases of truth, so it can't be applied to new words or languages [Davidson on Tarski]
Tarski define truths by giving the extension of the predicate, rather than the meaning [Davidson on Tarski]
Tarski made truth relative, by only defining truth within some given artificial language [Tarski, by O'Grady]
Tarski has to avoid stating how truths relate to states of affairs [Kirkham on Tarski]
Tarskian semantics says that a sentence is true iff it is satisfied by every sequence [Tarski, by Hossack]
The statement that it is raining perfectly fits the fact that it is raining [Strawson,P]
For scientific purposes there is a precise concept of 'true-in-L', using set theory [Putnam]
The same sentence could be true in one language and meaningless in another, so truth is language-relative [Haack]
Tarski reduced truth to reference or denotation [Field,H, by Hart,WD]
Tarski really explained truth in terms of denoting, predicating and satisfied functions [Field,H]
Truth rests on Elimination ('A' is true → A) and Introduction (A → 'A' is true) [Gupta]
Tarskians distinguish truth from falsehood by relations between members of sets [Kusch]
Tarski Bi-conditional: if you'll assert φ you'll assert φ-is-true - and also vice versa [Horsten]
Tarski's hierarchy lacks uniform truth, and depends on contingent factors [Horsten]
Disquotation is bivalent [Misak]
Disquotationalism resembles a telephone directory [Misak]
Disquotations says truth is assertion, and assertion proclaims truth - but what is 'assertion'? [Misak]