On 17 Dec 2012, at 17:31, Roger Clough wrote:
Hi Stephen P. King
An interesting insight. Hmmm.
I may have to disagree with you, possibly because
no one arithmetic statement is the whole truth.
And comp needs a whole set of equations,
no one of which is the whole truth.
No, with comp, for the ontology, one equation is enough. We need only
the sigma_1 truth.
For the epistemology, and thus maind and matter, even the "whole of
math" is not enough.
But I think that EVERYTHING comes from the One,
even untruth. Necessary truth is just a subset I think.
So is contingent truth.
OK.
Bruno
[Roger Clough], [[email protected]]
12/17/2012
"Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen
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Subject: Re: What is truth ? Take your pick.
On 12/17/2012 9:04 AM, Roger Clough wrote:
Hi Stephen P. King
There are many definitions of truth (see below):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth
I like Whitehead's, which describes contemporary politics:
Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead, a British mathematician who became an
American philosopher[citation needed], said: "There are no whole
truths; all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as
whole truths that play the devil".
The logical progression or connection of this line of thought is to
conclude that truth can lie, since half-truths are deceptive and
may lead to a false conclusion.
Hi Roger,
I am a massively huge fan of A.N. Whitehead. ;-) You might make
sense of my fight with Bruno given this alternative, non-Platonic,
way of thinking of Truth.
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Onward!
Stephen
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