Re: Why Some Sentences Lack Truth Values

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From: Paul Holbach
Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 16:27

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> On 4 Mai, 16:47, Newberry <newberr...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Definition 1: A sentence is meaningful if and only if it is a picture
> of a possible state of affairs.

The moon's being both spherical and cubical is an impossible state of
affairs, but "The moon is both spherical and cubical" is not a
meaningless sentence.

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Subject: Re: Why Some Sentences Lack Truth Values
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