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19695 | The devil was wise as an angel, and lost no knowledge when he rebelled [Whitcomb] |
10838 | To explain a concept, we need its purpose, not just its rules of usage [Dummett] |
10837 | It is part of the concept of truth that we aim at making true statements [Dummett] |
10840 | We must be able to specify truths in a precise language, like winning moves in a game [Dummett] |
19323 | 'Snow is white' depends on meaning; whether snow is white depends on snow [Etchemendy] |
19171 | Tarski's truth is like rules for winning games, without saying what 'winning' means [Dummett, by Davidson] |
19137 | We can get a substantive account of Tarski's truth by adding primitive 'true' to the object language [Etchemendy] |
10839 | You can't infer a dog's abstract concepts from its behaviour [Dummett] |