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[from 'The Tarskian Turn' by Leon Horsten, in 3. Truth / G. Axiomatic Truth / 1. Axiomatic Truth ]

Full Idea

An adequate definition of truth can only be given for the fragment of our language that does not contain the truth predicate. A model can never encompass the whole of the domain of discourse of our language. The axiomatic approach avoids these problems.

Gist of Idea

Axiomatic approaches avoid limiting definitions to avoid the truth predicate, and limited sizes of models

Source

Leon Horsten (The Tarskian Turn [2011], 10.1)

Book Reference

Horsten,Leon: 'The Tarskian Turn' [MIT 2011], p.141