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From: olcott <polcott333@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Can there be a truth without a truthmaker?
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 23:44:55 -0500
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On 4/5/2024 8:26 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 18:57:44 -0500, olcott wrote:
> 
>> There are only two kinds of truth:
>> (a) Analytic truth where expressions of language are true on the basis
>> of their meaning. Example: "All dogs are animals."
>>
>> (b) Empirical truth, expressions of language that rely on sense data
>> from the sense organs. Example: "There is a dog in my living room right
>> now."
> 
> Which kind of truth is that statement?

Everything that can be encoded using language is analytic.

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