Walter wrote: "'Correspondence' is the only coherent reply to the question of the nature of truth. Which is: 'What makes a statement true?'" Wouldn't that be the reply to the question 'How is a statement true?' Surely 'The World' is the only satisfactory reply to the question 'What makes a statement true?', especially if we are going along with what's-his-name. Sincerely, Phil Enns Toronto, ON ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html