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    Challenges→A sentence can be 'strictly speaking untrue' as a literal assertion yet still express a true proposition under a paraphrase that eliminates abstract reference.

    If a sentence is 'strictly speaking untrue,' it cannot simultaneously express a true proposition—truth-value is not variable based on reformulation; paraphrase invokes different content.

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    Key Terms

    Paraphrase(using different language to express the same idea)
    Rewriting or restating something in a different way while keeping the same meaning.
    Reformulation(as used in philosophy of science)
    Rewording or rephrasing a theory or idea in a new way, sometimes to fix problems or make it clearer.
    Strictly speaking(in logic and philosophy)
    In the most literal, technically accurate sense, without any looser interpretations or exceptions.
    Variable(as used in logic and causation)
    Something that can change or have different values—like temperature, height, or whether a light is on or off.
    proposition(Used in the context of a semantic theory sensitive to differences in subject matter.)

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    The content expressed by a sentence, individuated at least in part by the subject matter of the sentence and the contents of its subsentential expressions.
    truth-value(logic and philosophy of language)
    Whether a statement is true or false. Two statements can have different truth-values if one is true and the other is false.

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