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3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 2. Semantic Truth
'Snow is white' only contingently expresses the proposition that snow is white [Merricks]
     Full Idea: It is contingently true that 'snow is white' expresses the proposition that snow is white.
     From: Trenton Merricks (Propositions [2015], 1.V n14)
     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).