Hi Stephen P. King Necessary truths are never connected to facts, because facts, being specific, can change.
I think there is a higher truth than the truth of arithmetic, which I would call reality, and this is simply the experience of "now" subjectively. Meditation teaches this. Prayer teaches this. Roger Clough, [email protected] 11/4/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: Stephen P. King Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-11-03, 13:29:09 Subject: Re: Numbers in the Platonic Realm On 11/3/2012 8:48 AM, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Stephen P. King > > 1 + 1 =2 is a necessary truth, not a fact. It is always true. > A priori. So there are necessary truths such as arithmetical truths > which were here before the contingent world of facts was created. > And will always be. > > > Hi Roger, It seems to me that is there are necessary truths that have no connection to facts in any way, then they are unknowable. I am just reversing that thought to define the relations between a priori and a posteriori truths. -- Onward! Stephen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
