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    Challenges→The Tarskian/Davidsonian approach to semantics is parsimonious compared to propositional semantic theories

    Davidsonian truth theories require a satisfaction relation holding between sequences of objects and open sentences, which is itself a substantial ontological commitment.

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    • 1.Tarski's satisfaction relation is essential for defining truth recursively for complex sentences with quantifiers and variables.
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    • 2.Any truth theory must explain how predicates apply to objects; the satisfaction relation makes this mechanism explicit and rigorous.
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    • 3.Avoiding satisfaction relations forces truth theories into either circularity or vagueness about what grounds truth-conditions.
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    • 1.Satisfaction relations are definable in terms of simpler notions like denotation and predicate application; they're not primitive commitments.
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    • 2.Many adequate truth theories (deflationary, pluralist, pragmatist) succeed without invoking Tarskian satisfaction at all.
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    • 3.Calling satisfaction an 'ontological commitment' conflates formal modeling tools with genuine metaphysical claims about reality.
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