To a Pirsigian, Truth belongs to the realm of the word.
Truth is highest Quality intellection. On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 9:47 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > 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
