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IV 62
Def extensionality problem/Fodor/Lepore: the extensionality problem describes the problem that a meaning theory cannot only be postulated from the set of truth sentences of a truth theory, as extensional adequacy is not enough (problem: the equivalence of "Snow is white" and "Grass is green").
Solution: there must be material instead of extensional adequacy, >Translation).
Problem: what is a "translation"?
IV 63
Truth theory must be able to recognize the truth conditions so that the left side interprets the right one. There is also a problem with compositionality: from the equivalence of "Snow is white" and "Grass is green" arise false truth conditions.

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