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Ideas for 'Essays on Intellectual Powers: Conception', 'Truth and Predication' and 'Problems of Knowledge'

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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic

3599	Deduction shows entailments, not what to believe [Williams,M]
	Full Idea: The rules of deduction are rules of entailment, not rules of inference. They tell us what follows from what, not what to believe on the basis of what.
	From: Michael Williams (Problems of Knowledge [2001], Ch.18)

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.