45. Modern discussions bypass Anselm's (T2) and (T3) by specifying the
peter king for the success of some statements at signifying the world the way it is; see his account of truth described below.
45. Modern discussions bypass Anselm's (T2) and (T3) by specifying the language as part of the Tarski schema, since we are impatient about fixing meanings.
46. Near the end of De Ver. 2, Anselm makes some misleading remarks in which he suggests that (T2) and (T3) are somehow "natural" and "unchangeable" whereas (T4) and (T5) are "accidental" and depend on the occasion of their use. The only sense in which the former are "natural" is by fixing the language and the conventions for signification, and the only sense in which the latter depend on their use is that they may or may not be true depending on how the world is when the statement is uttered.
47. See also De Ver. 10 (S i: 190).
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