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A counterexample to Tarski-type truth-definitions as applied to natural languages

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    Jaakko Hintikka

  2. The Academy of Finland, Helsinki, Finland

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Hintikka, J. A counterexample to Tarski-type truth-definitions as applied to natural languages. Philosophia 5, 207–212 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02379017

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