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    This framework allows any false claim to be deemed 'true ... — Carmelics
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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.

    This framework allows any false claim to be deemed 'true under paraphrase,' collapsing the distinction between truth and utility, and threatening to make truth-claims metaphysically weightless.

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    Metaphysically weightless(as used in metaphysics (the study of reality))
    Lacking real substance or significance in terms of how reality actually exists. It means something stops mattering in a deep, fundamental way.
    Paraphrase(using different language to express the same idea)
    Rewriting or restating something in a different way while keeping the same meaning.
    Truth(Horkheimer's critical theory epistemology)
    The relation of propositions to reality, where both human conceptual activity and an independent reality are given equal weight.
    Truth-claims(what the statement questions the validity of)
    Statements that a text or argument presents as being factually true or accurate about the world.
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    (Carnap's philosophy of language and logic)
    A structured system of rules or language that must be in place for rational discourse to be possible.
    utility(Mill's qualification distinguishing his conception of utility from narrower hedonistic or preference-based interpretations.)
    Utility in the largest sense, grounded on the permanent interests of man as a progressive being — not mere immediate pleasure or preference satisfaction.

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