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[from 'Truth and Predication' by Donald Davidson, in 3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 2. Semantic Truth ]

Full Idea

When we enquire whether a truth definition defines the class of true sentences in a particular language, we are thinking of the truth definition as stipulating a possible language.

Gist of Idea

To define a class of true sentences is to stipulate a possible language

Source

Donald Davidson (Truth and Predication [2005], 7)

Book Reference

Davidson,Donald: 'Truth and Predication' [Belknap Harvard 2005], p.153


A Reaction

Thus I might say "Nij wonk yang" is true if and only if snow is white, and make my first step towards a new language. An interesting way of looking at Tarski's project.