Lexicon of Arguments

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StrawsonVsTarski, AustinVsTarski: truth is no property - Tarski: Truth is a property. >Truth/Strawson, >Truth/Tarski.
I 20
Def truth/Austin: statements are true, if they are connected to things, events, etc. of the type of a given situation by descriptive conventions concerning the words (sentences). >Correspondece theory, >Conventions.
Austin: per correspondence theory, but with convention.
I 230
A state of affairs must be similar to certain other state of affairs, so that a statement can be true. >Facts, >States of affairs.
I 237
"True"/Austin: is not logically superfluous as well as "vague". >Redundancy theory.
I 240
Truth/Austin: "true" is used when talking about statements, not sentences. (Strawson ditto). >Statements, >Sentences.

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