You appear to be assuming mathematical platonism? — Michael
The proposition "X is a prime number" is assessed as accurate/true when uttered. — Michael
But "a truth" means "a true proposition", and so you are saying "there is a true proposition about whether or not that number is prime; no proposition required". — Michael
Also, accuracy is not a precisely d;eterminable quality.
— Janus
Then neither is the truth of the proposition "the painting is accurate — Michael
If you open your mind and think about it you will see that my example of prime numbers throws that assumption into question — Janus
Just as a sentence being true (or false) before it is said makes no sense. — Michael
What are the chances that anyone has ever said that 799168003115 + 193637359638 = 992805362753? — Srap Tasmaner
I'll try one last time If you won't address what I actually write, there is no point continuing. I haven't uttered any proposition; I've just nominated some extremely large number and asked the question about its primeness. Do you deny that the truth regarding the number's primness is prior to my proposing anything about it, and in fact prior to my even nominating it, or not. If not, why? — Janus
We thus find the usual candidate truth-bearers linked in a tight circle: interpreted sentences, the propositions they express, the belief speakers might hold towards them, and the acts of assertion they might perform with them are all connected by providing something meaningful. This makes them reasonable bearers of truth.
So the relevant discussion concerns whether or not platonism about truthbearers is correct, or if we should adopt a non-platonistic interpretation that allows for a distinction between truths in a world and truths at a world, and I am firmly in favour of the latter. — Michael
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