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Single Idea 19205

[catalogued under 3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 2. Semantic Truth]

Full Idea

It is contingently true that 'snow is white' expresses the proposition that snow is white.

Gist of Idea

'Snow is white' only contingently expresses the proposition that snow is white

Source

Trenton Merricks (Propositions [2015], 1.V n14)

Book Reference

Merricks,Trenton: 'Propositions' [OUP 2015], p.25


A Reaction

Tarski stuck to sentences, but Merricks rightly argues that truth concerns propositions, not sentences. Sentences are subservient entities - mere tools used to express what matters, which is our thoughts (say I).