On 11/3/2012 8:11 PM, Stephen P. King wrote:
On 11/3/2012 8:21 PM, meekerdb wrote:
Horsefeathers <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horsefeathers>! How is the
truth of an arithmetic statement separable from any claim of that truth? What is the
possible value of a statement that we can make no claims about?
You are causing confusion by asking how the truth of a statement is separable from any
claim of that truth. But claims and statements are the same thing - so of course they
are not seperable. Bruno is saying that the claim/statement is NOT the same as the
fact that makes it true. "1+1=2" is a claim; it's the claim that 1+1=2. And that's a
true claim; it's true that 1+1=2 whether you claim it or not.
It is not about me or any other single individual, it is about the mutual agreement
on the claim by many individuals, any one of which is irrelevant to the truth of a claim.
Realism (arithmetical or other) is the position that the claim by EVERY one of which is
irrelevant; the truth of the claim depends only whether it corresponds to a fact.
Brent
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