The thing is I am not talking about the same thing. — guptanishank
Let’s give this property the name “existence”. — guptanishank
it's on logical validity that I seek to define Truth on — guptanishank
Heidegger on truth:
"Truth... comes to its ultimate essence which is called certainty. — tim wood
I think that is a circularity we cannot do without, any definition of truth has to be based on some logical validity. — guptanishank
Strange thing about false statements, is that they can also be ascribed the property of truth, for example. — guptanishank
The net of them, as I read them, is that "truth" is an abstract general term that means merely and only that which makes individual true propositions true, which can differ from true proposition to true proposition... — tim wood
All m is P
All S is m
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All S is P
Valid but no truth. — tim wood
I'm not following this. Why no truth? — creativesoul
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