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- noun Alternative spelling of
pro-sentence .
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According to this theory, sentences formed with the predicate ˜is true™ are prosentences, where a prosentence is a device for achieving anaphoric cross-reference to sentences uttered previously in a conversation, just as pronouns are devices for achieving anaphoric cross-reference to names uttered previously in a conversation.
The Deflationary Theory of Truth Stoljar, Daniel 2007
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That is true, but it rarely looks white in Pittsburgh we interpret ˜That is true™ as a prosentence anaphorically dependent on ˜Snow is white™.
The Deflationary Theory of Truth Stoljar, Daniel 2007
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