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Horwich I 114
Liar/Paradox/Tarski: this paradox arises when we assume that the language contains the names of the expressions, and semantic terms such as "true" - then the language is "semantically closed".
>Semantic closeness.
Horwich I 115
Such languages ​​can be eliminated even in the sciences, in which semantic terms are essential.(1)

1. A. Tarski, The semantic Conceptions of Truth, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 4, pp. 341-75
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Berka I 452
Berka I 452
Liar/paradox/Tarski scheme/Tarski: error: to use for the symbol "p" a term which itself contains the term "true statement". - Then it is no longer a partial the definition.
Problem: no reason can be specified as to why such substitutions are prohibited in principle.(1)
>Tarski scheme, cf. >Quasi-quotation.

1. A.Tarski, Der Wahrheitsbegriff in den formalisierten Sprachen, Commentarii Societatis philosophicae Polonorum. Vol 1, Lemberg 1935

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