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    Supports→Relativism about taste resolves the puzzle of how two contradictory taste propositions can both be true.

    Two propositions are contradictory in the relativist sense only if it is impossible for both to be true relative to the same individual at the same time, not relative to different individuals.

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    Contradictory(Used to characterize Γ ∪ {¬φ} when Γ ∪ {¬φ} has no model)
    A set of formulas from which a contradiction is syntactically derivable
    Relative to(describing how functional ascription depends on an analyst's choices)
    Dependent on or varying according to—meaning it changes based on different factors or viewpoints.
    proposition(Used in the context of a semantic theory sensitive to differences in subject matter.)

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    Related propositions within the same area of thought.
    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.
    relativism(Associated with Protagoras's position)
    The doctrine that truth is relative to the individual, culture, or historical context, such that a proposition can be true for one person or framework and false for another

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    The contrast here with indexicals is apparently quite sharp. If I say “I’m hungry”, and you’re not hungry, you’d never reply to my utterance by saying “No, I’m not hungry”—precisely because it’s obvious that we would not be disagreeing. So again we have a puzzle: a puzzle about how each of our “soup” sentences could express true propositions, despite those propositions contradicting each other. Relativism suggests an answer: these propositions are only true or false relative to individuals. The

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