Hey Ron, Truth is a feeling that confirms and harmonizes a person's experience with her submerged assumptions about how the world works.
Just another thought. Regards, Platt On 28 Feb 2010 at 8:42, X Acto wrote: > Meaning and truth > > One of the best examples of meaning and truth may be found in an old > three stooges bit. > > Moe, Larry and Curly are hanging drywall. > > Moe: get ta work! > > Curly: hey moe! the head of this nail is on the wrong end > > Moe: You idiot!,.. that nail is for the other wall... > > > what do we mean when we say something is "true" > > Meaning, Aristotle said, is that which we are prepared to act on. > > Socrates to Hippias, that which is fine and good is that which is useful. > > James in Pragmatism speaks of Pragmatic method as making distinctions > by virtue of the difference in meaning that it supplies, if it makes no > difference > in meaning then it is a false arguement. > > Pragmatic truth is a way to weed out arguements that have no meaningful > consequences > in experience. > > just some thoughts > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
