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- adjective Capable of being
substituted for each other;interchangeable .
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Analogously, mathematical pseudo-propositions are equations, which indicate or show that two expressions are equivalent in meaning and therefore are intersubstitutable.
Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Mathematics Rodych, Victor 2007
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Two expressions belong to the same semantic category just in case they are intersubstitutable within any meaningful expression salva significatione (without loss of meaningfulness).
Compositionality Szabó, Zoltán Gendler 2007
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Most neo-Russellians are reluctant to embrace the claim that co-referring proper names are intersubstitutable within the scope of attitude verbs and thus most neo-Russellians reject naive Russellianism.
Propositional Attitude Reports McKay, Thomas 2005
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(H) is a rather controversial ” intuitively, there are many synonyms that are not everywhere intersubstitutable.
Compositionality Szabó, Zoltán Gendler 2007
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