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From: Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi>
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Subject: Re: I just fixed the loophole of the Gettier cases with mt new notion of {linguistic truth}
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2024 12:17:23 +0300
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On 2024-09-07 13:54:47 +0000, olcott said:

> On 9/7/2024 3:09 AM, Mikko wrote:
>> On 2024-09-06 11:17:53 +0000, olcott said:
>> 
>>> On 9/6/2024 5:39 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>> On 2024-09-05 12:58:13 +0000, olcott said:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 9/5/2024 2:20 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>> On 2024-09-03 13:03:51 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 9/3/2024 3:39 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2024-09-02 13:33:36 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 9/1/2024 5:58 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-09-01 03:04:43 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> *I just fixed the loophole of the Gettier cases*
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> knowledge is a justified true belief such that the
>>>>>>>>>>> justification is sufficient reason to accept the
>>>>>>>>>>> truth of the belief.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettier_problem
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> The remaining loophole is the lack of an exact definition
>>>>>>>>>> of "sufficient reason".
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Ultimately sufficient reason is correct semantic
>>>>>>>>> entailment from verified facts.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> The problem is "verified" facts: what is sufficient verification?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Stipulated to be true is always sufficient:
>>>>>>> Cats are a know if animal.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Insufficient for practtical purposes. You may stipulate that
>>>>>> nitroglycerine is not poison but it can kill you anyway.
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> The point is that <is> the way the linguistic truth actually works.
>>>> 
>>>> I've never seen or heard any linguist say so. The term has been used
>>>> by DG Schwartz in 1985.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> This is similar to the analytic/synthetic distinction
>>> yet unequivocal.
>>> 
>>> I am redefining the term analytic truth to have a
>>> similar definition and calling this {linguistic truth}.
>>> 
>>> Expression of X of language L is proved true entirely
>>> based on its meaning expressed in language L. Empirical
>>> truth requires sense data from the sense organs to be
>>> verified as true.
>> 
>> Seems that you don't know about any linguist that has used the term.
>> 
> 
> I INVENTED A BRAND NEW FREAKING TERM

Is it really a new term if someone else (DG Schwartz) has used it before?
Is it a term for a new concept or a new term for an old concept?

-- 
Mikko