The other way to go is to allow that if S knows p then p is true, but define "true" differently. As I propose, "true" would mean a statement of what S...
Your two options do not contain the correct choice. What is correct, is that what is at one time called "knowledge", is at another time not allowed to...
Yes, that is how "knowledge", as the subject of epistemology, is normally defined. But we were not talking about "knowledge", the epistemological subj...
The point is, that for the logic to be valid :"know" must be defined as a "factive" term as a premise. Other wise, this notion that knowing something ...
Your lack of training in philosophy really shows. And, it is very annoying for a philosopher, when a person without philosophy comes to a philosophy f...
No, Srap is claiming that if someone "knows" something, "remembers" something, "sees" something, or "regrets" something, then without a formal definit...
Sorry, I don't understand the language. Try English, please. It's very common, I claim to know, see, remember, or regret something, which turns out no...
Not all mathematicians are the same, just like not all theists are the same. It's just that some are fanatics with a cultlike attitude, who are inclin...
All of these examples, "know", "see", "remember", and "regret", require another premise establishing a relationship between each one of them, and "wha...
In modus ponens, the conclusion follows necessarily from the premises. The conclusion, that today is Joe's birthday does not follow necessarily from t...
I stated earlier in the thread, what I believe to be the reason for the concept of infinite: That doesn't surprise me at all. I've had numerous discus...
Yes, I agree. It's not like modus ponens though, because unlike modus ponens, the premises do not necessitate the conclusion. The proposition "I remem...
Ok, I just wanted that clarification the qualifier, "if true". If we have no way of knowing for sure whether what we honestly believe "is true" or not...
The claim was not false, as I showed with a number of explanations. You would not even address the content of my replies, insisting they're too confus...
There was no argument made by you, just a blatantly false accusation, that my previous post was contradictory. You clearly demonstrated that you never...
What about all the times you end up being wrong? I remember that today is Joe's birthday, but that turns out to be wrong. The thing I though was a pac...
Ok, so just out of interest then, If you were not calling me back to defend my statement, then what were you doing with that false accusation (two mon...
No, i never said you "asked", or "suggested" that I reply. It's actually you putting words in my mouth, just like in your false accusation that I cont...
Tones! Your audacity is unbelievable. You took two months to reply to my post. After two months, you called me back to defend what I wrote. After two ...
It would free us from the need for conversion, translation, in communicating with each other, which would of course be an advantage. Oh, if that's how...
Obviously, what I disagree with is what you say "science" tells us. So clearly I will not be producing a "scientific" source to back up my disagreemen...
Sure, but your refusal to define and adhere to a definition of "object" is inexcusable. It can mean nothing other than that you rely on the game of eq...
Right, but as I said, I was willing to restrict my definition of "objects", to mean abstractions exclusively, for the purpose of proceeding with this ...
Why do you conclude that? If I said, I'll only agree to call that type of thing which we sit on "a chair", if that's the only type of thing we will ca...
I don't see your point. You weren't talking about a race, or any other form of activity, in the passage where I took the quote. You were talking about...
This is a mistaken supposition, explained well by Kant. The name "snow" does not refer to some sort of object which preexisted the appearance within t...
Jesus, this thread is getting boring. This is incorrect Banno. The T-sentence says "it is raining is true iff it is raining. This does not say anythin...
A relationship with God is not the highest good. This is because possessing a good is higher than knowing it (having a relation with it). God gave us ...
This is the value of introspection. It allows us to make these distinctions such as the difference between an expectation and a belief. Sure, we can s...
Yes of course, there is a big difference. To expect is to think of a future event, that it is likely. A belief is a strong conviction concerning what ...
If I remember correctly, Canada and USA struck a deal to convert to metric, both countries at the same time, to simplify international trade. The Cana...
I know how to ride a bike, and I don't think I've ever held the belief that bikes are for riding, or the belief that one sits on the saddle and pushes...
I don't see any sense in your proposal, to separate "honest" from "honourable" (considering the family resemblance), such that being honest might ofte...
Oh really? You should be more clear with your questions, I didn't get that out of it at all. The point was that associating "truth" with utility rende...
It wasn't a rhetorical answer either. But I do not believe that you don't already grasp the answer to this question yourself, so I can't help but thin...
You see no problem in allowing deception to be truth? Personally, I like to keep my truths free from deception. That is my preference, and I think it'...
Oh my God! "True" is being defined as "pragmatically useful" now. This gives free reign to dishonesty, sophistry, and deception, because when these in...
That's right, there is no model. Even I might agree with you on this. But this is because each particular instance of use is unique to itself. Adherin...
OK, that should clarify this matter. You would say that the action is a logical action, even if it is based in false premises. So, for example, if I h...
I don't see that you have properly distinguished between rational and irrational. You seem to be saying that an irrational act follows from some kind ...
This thread keeps circling back because Banno's dishonesty drags it down. And so it never gets anywhere. We can never progress in a discussion about t...
This is why "truth" is best defined in terms of honesty. Except for a bunch of epistemologists, who are always looking for more, and are never satisfi...
If contradictions are just like equations which equal zero, then the conclusion from snowing and not snowing would be "nothing". So it couldn't be the...
Are you saying that the terms "internal" and "external" make no sense? How can that be? These are common terms used to refer to things which are insid...
I've already explained quite clearly why '"p' is true if p" says nothing about the meaning of truth, or even anything about the relationship between m...
Think of "right" and "wrong" as being determined by the current norms of the society. In this sense, there is in many cases a valid right and wrong, w...
There is no logic of truth, you ought to realize that by now. If there was a logic of truth, then truth would just be a form of justification. And, th...
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