On 11/4/2012 12:37 AM, meekerdb wrote:
On 11/3/2012 11:06 PM, Stephen P. King wrote:
On 11/3/2012 10:35 PM, meekerdb wrote:
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
It your claim is true then truth is unknowable,
I don't see how that follows. When everyone claimed the Earth was
flat did that make it unknowable that it was round? If so how did
anyone ever come know it?
as facts become meaningless. Fact require independent verification to
exist.
That's directly contrary to the meaning of 'fact'. I think you want
the word 'opinion'.
Brent
Dear Brent,
Try reasoning about this in a way that is not limited to the
assumption that observations are not just what humans do or think about.
Reality is not just people populated.
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Onward!
Stephen
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