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Originally Posted by subversion what about contradictory statements like the only constant is change itself? |
This one of the problems. Quine explained that the distinction between truths by definition and truths by the world is not that easy. In this case, we could say it is a truth by definition because we might define change as something that is constantly occuring, but it might not, and might simply be a truth by the world in that all things in the world are in constant change. From what do you derive the statement, from the definition of change, or from the observation that all things are in constant change?