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7004 | The view that truth making is entailment is misguided and misleading [Heil] |
Full Idea: I argue that the widely held view that truth making is to be understood as entailment is misguided in principle and potentially misleading. | |
From: John Heil (From an Ontological Point of View [2003], Intro) | |
A reaction: If reality was just one particle, what would entail the truths about it? Suppose something appears to be self-evident true about reality, but no one can think of any entailments to derive it? Do we assume a priori that they are possible? |
14454 | An argument 'satisfies' a function φx if φa is true [Russell] |
Full Idea: We say that an argument a 'satisfies' a function φx if φa is true. | |
From: Bertrand Russell (Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy [1919], XV) | |
A reaction: We end up with Tarski defining truth in terms of satisfaction, so we shouldn't get too excited about what he achieved (any more than he got excited). |