It has meaning, but that meaning is not a statement. It's not a proposition.Pointing your finger has no meaning? — Terrapin Station
It shows them the state of affairs they're interested to know about.What meaning does it have? — Terrapin Station
Yes by indicating "there it is". But even my dog understands what pointing my finger means - it means "there's the ball" - a fact, not a proposition in this case, because my dog doesn't understand language, and isn't a language using animal.How does it show that? Not by indicating something like "There (is) . . ."? — Terrapin Station
Does my dog understand propositions?How is that not a proposition? — Terrapin Station
Can propositions exist outside of language?You understand that propositions are not the actual words used, right? — Terrapin Station
Can propositions exist outside of language?
Okay, so according to you, truth is a property of meaning right? Meanings can be true or false?They're not language per se, they're meaning. — Terrapin Station
So therefore, "everything depends on who is assessing it" — Agustino
Okay, so how does a property of meaning, truth, depend on who is assessing it? Do you mean to say that truth is assigned to meaning by the person?I wouldn't say "everything," but "all truth." Not everything is truth (judgments). That's just one activity that sentient beings engage in. It's a very small percentage of all phenomena in the world. Also, this part is my idiosyncratic view. On the standard view, just how the property obtains is left unanalyzed. — Terrapin Station
This analysis is nonsensical; there can no more be false truths than there can be false facts. — John
there can be factuality and non-factuality, — John
It is perfectly normal usage to refer to "non-factual statements'. — John
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