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The Taming of the True
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In this article, the authors discuss the realism debate and argue against meaning scepticism and avoid strict finitism, and find the right logic and cognitive significance of cognitive significance regained.Abstract:
1: Introduction 2: The Realism Debate 3: Irrealism 4: Against Meaning Skepticism 5: Avoiding Strict Finitism 6: Meaning as Graspable 7: Truth as Knowable 8: Analyticity and Syntheticity 9: Finding the Right Logic 10: Cognitive Significance Regained 11: Defeasibility and Constructive Falsifiabilityread more
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