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Originally Posted by harmonygirl Sub, Is that really a contradictory statement or one that requires a larger view? Guille, I haven't read Quine, but wouldn't truth by definition be derived from truth in the world ? |
That is part of what I was saying. In the example "the only permanent thing is change" is truth by definition due to the fact that it is truth by thew world, and truth by the world due to the fact that it is truth by definition. It's not a perfect distinction. However, still we can't say it's a useless one: for when we read "All red cars are red" seems a much more direct truth than "the cat is on the mat", even though the fact that red cars are red depends on the world in which the red cars are indeed red, and the cat is on the mat actually depends on the definition of the cat and what it is, but still the red cars are red for it is conditional by the name, whiles the cat isn't on the mat by conditioning.