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    Supports→A Tarskian truth theory can serve as a semantic theory for a language

    If knowledge of a Tarskian truth theory is sufficient to understand the language, then knowledge of what the theory says is sufficient to know all facts about the meanings of expressions in the language

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    Tarskian truth theory(Philosophy of language; formal semantics)
    A theory that implies a T-sentence for every sentence of a given language, thereby defining a truth predicate for that language.
    expressions (in linguistics/philosophy)(refers to the linguistic units whose meanings we're trying to understand)
    Any words, phrases, or sentences that carry meaning in a language.
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    Related propositions within the same area of thought.
    (Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.)
    Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.
    semantic content(Cappelen and Lepore's literalist/minimalist framework)
    Propositions determined solely by conventions of meaning, precisification, disambiguation, and reference fixing — not by pragmatic inference.
    sufficient condition(Used in the context of whether intrinsic properties can define species membership)
    A property whose presence guarantees membership in or applicability of a category, such that having the property entails belonging to the species or class

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    This claim is puzzling: why should a a theory which issues T-sentences, but makes no explicit claims about meaning or content, count as a semantic theory? Davidson’s answer was that knowledge of such a theory would be sufficient to understand the language. If Davidson were right about this, then he would have a plausible argument that a semantic theory could take this form. After all, it is plausible that someone who understands a language knows the meanings of the expressions in the language; s

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