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I have refuted the Münchhausen trilemma: The dogmatic argument, which
rests on accepted precepts which are merely asserted rather than
defended. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnchhausen_trilemma

Stipulating relations between finite strings is the only way that
arbitrary finite strings acquire any semantic meaning thus is not merely dogmatic. Language only acquires meaning on the basis of stipulating
relations between otherwise arbitrary finite strings.

Although "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet" if we fail to
assign any name to {a rose} then we cannot even refer to it.

The relationship between "dog" and "animal" is stipulated to be [is a
type of]. The only way to prove that a dog is an animal is through other stipulated relationships.

The foundation of analytical knowledge is based on stipulated relations
between otherwise arbitrary finite strings.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323866366_The_Notion_of_Truth_in_Natural_and_Formal_Languages

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