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Ideas for 'On the Question of Absolute Undecidability', 'Truth and Predication' and 'Slaughterhouse Five'

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5. Theory of Logic / I. Semantics of Logic / 4. Satisfaction

19140	'Satisfaction' is a generalised form of reference [Davidson]
	Full Idea: We can think of 'satisfaction' as a generalised form of reference.
	From: Donald Davidson (Truth and Predication [2005], 2)
	A reaction: Just the sort of simple point we novices need from the great minds, to help us see what is going on. One day someone is going to explain Tarski's account of truth in plain English, but probably not in my lifetime.

5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 5. Incompleteness

17894	We have no argument to show a statement is absolutely undecidable [Koellner]
	Full Idea: There is at present no solid argument to the effect that a given statement is absolutely undecidable.
	From: Peter Koellner (On the Question of Absolute Undecidability [2006], 5.3)