Lexicon of Arguments

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Rorty VI 32
Davidson/Rorty: Tarski's "true in -L" specifies extension and thus no reference to future or general cases. >Extensions, >Disquotation scheme.
Rorty VI 123 ff
Truth Theory/Davidson/Rorty: Theory of truth for a Language: simple: "a theory that makes it possible to predict with some success what noise a speaker will make in what situation". >Truth theory.
Rorty VI 193
Rorty: Fact/Davidson/Rorty: Tarski's great merit is, to have shown that we can do without the concept of facts. >Facts.
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Glüer II 50f
Meaning/Tarski/Davidson: Tarski-like theories do not refer to meaning as fixed entities. (Davidson pro: meaning ultimately not fixable) - Consequences:
1. DavidsonVsTarski: actually spoken language is ultimately irrelevant.
2. the trivial thesis that meaning is conventional, must be abandoned. >Meaning/Davidson.

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