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   Alan Mackenzie to olcott   
   Re: "true on the basis of meaning" AKA A   
   17 Nov 25 13:21:59   
   
   [continued from previous message]   
      
   > the class of self-referential undecidable decision   
   > problem instance were sound then the notion of   
   > true on the basis of meaning expressed in language   
   > is itself broken.   
      
   That's just meaningless word salad.   
      
   > *KEY BASIS OF EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE SAID FOR 28 YEARS*   
   > It turns out to actually be the case that true on   
   > the basis of meaning expressed in language is   
   > simply a semantic tautology expressed syntactically.   
      
   > You could probably figure out what that means on the   
   > basis of the meaning of the terms that comprise is.   
      
   Many things are false on the basis of meaning.  I don't see what you're   
   trying to get at with these last two paragraphs.   
      
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