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Re: Why Some Sentences Lack Truth Values

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From: Jesse F. Hughes
Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 02:10
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> "This sentence is not true" is not a picture of any possible state
> of affairs.

Yeah, yeah. 

Does it bother you that some sentences "X" are meaningful, but "not X"
is meaningless (according to you)?

It should.


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