http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth

Strawson holds: "To say a statement is true is not to make a statement
about a statement, but rather to perform the act of agreeing with,
accepting, or endorsing a statement. When one says 'It's true that
it's raining,' one asserts no more than 'It's raining.' The function
of [the statement] 'It's true that...' is to agree with, accept, or
endorse the statement that 'it's raining.'"

Etc.  Discuss? Is there a truth available outside of social construct?

In article ,
Oxford comma  <malone@invalid.really.invalid.invalid> wrote:

>Strawson holds: "To say a statement is true is not to make a statement
>about a statement, but rather to perform the act of agreeing with,
>accepting, or endorsing a statement. When one says 'It's true that
>it's raining,' one asserts no more than 'It's raining.' The function
>of [the statement] 'It's true that...' is to agree with, accept, or
>endorse the statement that 'it's raining.'"

For all statements S, true(S) <-> S.

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Oxford comma wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth
> 
> Strawson holds: "To say a statement is true is not to make a statement
> about a statement, but rather to perform the act of agreeing with,
> accepting, or endorsing a statement. When one says 'It's true that
> it's raining,' one asserts no more than 'It's raining.' The function
> of [the statement] 'It's true that...' is to agree with, accept, or
> endorse the statement that 'it's raining.'"
> 
> Etc.  Discuss? 

Javelin

richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) writes:

> In article ,
> Oxford comma  <malone@invalid.really.invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>>Strawson holds: "To say a statement is true is not to make a statement
>>about a statement, but rather to perform the act of agreeing with,
>>accepting, or endorsing a statement. When one says 'It's true that
>>it's raining,' one asserts no more than 'It's raining.' The function
>>of [the statement] 'It's true that...' is to agree with, accept, or
>>endorse the statement that 'it's raining.'"
>
> For all statements S, true(S) <-> S.

Truth is an identity function?

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On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:42:59 +0100, Oxford comma wrote:

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth
> 
> Strawson holds: "To say a statement is true is not to make a statement
> about a statement, but rather to perform the act of agreeing with,
> accepting, or endorsing a statement. When one says 'It's true that
> it's raining,' one asserts no more than 'It's raining.' The function
> of [the statement] 'It's true that...' is to agree with, accept, or
> endorse the statement that 'it's raining.'"
> 
> Etc.  Discuss? Is there a truth available outside of social construct?

I'm not going near this one.


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In article , 
watercress@spamcop.org says...
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:42:59 +0100, Oxford comma wrote:
> 
> > Etc.  Discuss? Is there a truth available outside of social construct?
> 
> I'm not going near this one.
> 

I don't believe you.

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On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:23:42 +0100, Bing Trotsky wrote:

> In article , 
> watercress@spamcop.org says...
>> On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:42:59 +0100, Oxford comma wrote:
>> 
>>> Etc.  Discuss? Is there a truth available outside of social construct?
>> 
>> I'm not going near this one.
>> 
> 
> I don't believe you.

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