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Posted by Harvey on April 27, 2001 20:31:21 UTC

Dick,

Aren't you just identifying logic and mathematics as 'true' because they are self-consistent? The trouble is that there are paradoxes in logic and mathematics that are not resolvable. In addition (no pun), your definition is vacuous since to be self-consistent is to be 'true' in logic and mathematics.

In the real world, when someone says something is 'true' they are usually saying something about the world more than it is part of some self-consistent set of statements. For example, if I say that "'today I ate breakfast' is true" I am saying more than this is a self-consistent statement. Rather, I am saying that not only is it a self-consistent statement, but that I actually ate breakfast today.

Warm regards, Harv

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Where do you want to start? - doctordick - April 27, 2001 - 21:55 UTC
- Truth has an elusive meaning (but it does hold meaning)- - harvey1 - April 27, 2001 - 22:16 UTC

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