I am not sure that Robert subscribed to a binary notion of truth in all
contexts. Yes, pregnancy would be an example of binary truth, but there are
plenty of examples in every-day life where it is non-binary - Walter is
tall in comparison to whom ?
On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 2:33 PM Walter Okshevsky <wokshevs@xxxxxx> wrote:
Hi pas,
So, as Husserl was wont to say: Provide us with an example and we'll
grant you all the rest. Give us a complex statement that is both true
and false, i.e., truthy.
"Portions of truth"? "Truth" is not a count noun. You can't dispense it
in portions as you would a cheese cake.
Cheers, Walter
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On 2020-04-30 06:35, Paul Stone wrote:
One can't be a little bit pregnant, but I think one might be able to------------------------------------------------------------------
speak portions of truth. I.E.: true/false as a binary only really
works with very simple statements.
pas
On Thu, Apr 30, 2020, 4:52 AM Walter Okshevsky, <wokshevs@xxxxxx>
wrote:
Cheers, Walter
P.S. In honour of Bob: My first sentence above assumes that truth is
qualitative/scalar, as if a statement can possess a higher or lower
degree of truth. (As in "truthiness.") Of course, that's very
false.
Truth is binary, like pregnancy.
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