Hi Stephen P. King I believe that truth is independent of mind, but we poor beggars cannot be sure of how to state what that criterion is.
Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 11/5/2012 "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, 10:17:02 Subject: Re: The two types of truth On 11/3/2012 7:45 AM, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Bruno Marchal and Stephen, > > http://www.angelfire.com/md2/timewarp/leibniz.html > > "Leibniz declares that there are two kinds of truth: > truths of reason [which are non-contradictory, are always either > true or false], and truths of fact [which are not always either true or > false]. > > Truths of reason are a priori, while truths of fact are a posteriori. > Truths of reason are necessary, permanent truths. Truths of fact are > contingent, empirical truths. > Both kinds of truth must have a sufficient reason. Truths of reason have > their > sufficient reason in being opposed to the contradictoriness and logical > inconsistency > of propositions which deny them. Truths of fact have their sufficient reason > in > being more perfect than propositions which deny them." > Dear Roger, Is truth, either of reason or of fact, independent of the mind or in the collective minds of all that could apprehend them? -- 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 everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
