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Single Idea 19196

[catalogued under 3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 1. Tarski's Truth / a. Tarski's truth definition]

Full Idea

It is a mistake to regard scheme (T) as a definition of truth.

Clarification

Scheme (T) is 'X is true iff p'

Gist of Idea

Scheme (T) is not a definition of truth

Source

Alfred Tarski (The Semantic Conception of Truth [1944], 15)

Book Reference

'Semantics and the Philosophy of Language', ed/tr. Linsky,Leonard [University of Illinois 1972], p.29


A Reaction

The point is, I take it, that the definition is the multitude of sentences which are generated by the schema, not the schema itself.