if any predicate admitting of vagueness implies that the statements
including it are (what?) partially true?
the so called theory is committing suicide
Quatsch wird gelöscht, ohne gelesen zu werden
Kerem jojjenek maskor es kulonosen masho
הִשְׁתַּדֵּל הִזְדַּקֵּן
palma, a paolo shaul םֹשׁ ְרֵגּ
On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 4:24 PM Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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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