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| Everyday language: normal language, spoken within a community. Not strictly formalizable. Antonym to ideal language, formal language. - Theories of truth can only partly be applied to everyday language. See also Truth definition, Meaning theory, Idiolect, Tarski._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Alfred Tarski on Everyday Language - Dictionary of Arguments
Berka I 457 Everyday language/Tarski: "universalism": it integrates in principle every word (of any jargon) - otherwise the local expressions would be pointless. >Understanding, >Meaning, >Formalism. I 458 Punch line: then you can take a truth-Definition from a formal language as a fragmentary T-Def into everyday language.(1) >Truth definition. 1. A.Tarski, Der Wahrheitsbegriff in den formalisierten Sprachen, Commentarii Societatis philosophicae Polonorum. Vol 1, Lemberg 1935 - - - Horwich I 115 Everyday language/Tarski: here we do not know not always exactly whatsntences are expressions and what sentences are assertible. - I.e., that the concept of consinstency has no precise meaning in everyday language.(2) >Consistency. 2. A. Tarski, The semantic Conceptions of Truth, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 4, pp. 341-75_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Tarski I A. Tarski Logic, Semantics, Metamathematics: Papers from 1923-38 Indianapolis 1983 Berka I Karel Berka Lothar Kreiser Logik Texte Berlin 1983 Horwich I P. Horwich (Ed.) Theories of Truth Aldershot 1994 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28