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    In h-m-a-ese, theory A makes three errors, B makes two er... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The account makes truthlikeness radically language-relative.

    In h-m-a-ese, theory A makes three errors, B makes two errors, and C makes one error relative to the same truth T.

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    If \(T\) is the truth about the weather then theory \(A\), in \(h\)-\(r\)-\(w\)-ese, seems to make just one error concerning the original weather states, while \(B\) makes two and \(C\) makes three. However, if we express these two theories in \(h\)-\(m\)-\(a\)-ese however, then this is reversed: \(A\) appears to make three errors and \(B\) still makes two and \(C\) makes only one error. But that means the account makes truthlikeness, unlike truth, radically language-relative.

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