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    Davidson argued that truth conditions for propositions ar... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Propositions have parts that correspond to functions, specifically conditional functions that map arguments onto special values reflecting truth or falsity.

    Davidson argued that truth conditions for propositions are given by T-sentences, not by functions mapping arguments onto Fregean truth-values.

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    • 1.T-sentences directly connect language to the world without requiring abstract Fregean truth-value objects that lack causal powers.
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    • 2.Davidson's approach avoids the metaphysical burden of positing a realm of abstract entities independent of linguistic practice.
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    • 3.T-sentences provide extensionally adequate truth conditions while preserving the disquotational character of truth itself.
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    • 1.T-sentences alone cannot explain truth-value gaps or indeterminacy, which functional approaches handle more naturally.
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    • 2.Compositional semantic theory requires mapping functions to systematically derive complex propositions from simpler constituents.
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    • 3.Rejecting truth-value functions conflates semantic content with merely giving truth conditions, leaving compositionality underdetermined.
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