Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Mikko Newsgroups: sci.lang, comp.theory Subject: Re: Analytical truth redefined so that Quine can understand that bachelors are unmarried Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:30:45 +0200 Organization: - Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="21568642e6c943ba0727b430eb82bfca"; logging-data="146231"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+lhBpx79TYuPBdmgskBQT4" User-Agent: Unison/2.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:2z1AtUZ++eMU+RldKOIQsmnpQC4= Bytes: 1968 On 2021-03-27 14:54:31 +0000, olcott said: > Most people construe the term "absolute truth" as necessarily coming > from the mind of God, thus atheists reject absolute truth. Philosophy > leaves religion out of it and says that analytical truth can be > verified on the basis of its meaning. > > Because Quine had such a hard time understanding that bachelors are > unmarried in his "Two Dogmas of Empiricism" I have adapted the > definition of analytical truth so that it can be more directly divided > from other forms of truth: It is a sin to say anything untrue about other people. > (1) Expressions of language that are defined to be true and Truth is not a matter of definition. > (2) Expressions of language that have been derived on the basis of > applying truth preserving operations. Only affirmative sentences and only if derived from true sentences. Note that the word "sentence" has different meanings in comp.thery and sci.lang. In the former (and in sci.logic) it usually excludes all but affirmative sentences. -- Mikko