(June 5, 2016 at 9:46 am)mh.brewer Wrote:(June 5, 2016 at 9:24 am)SteveII Wrote: Wow. How did you come to that conclusion? "On" can be verified as either true or not true. "Always" cannot. Setting aside the fact that the sun does not rise in relation to the earth, we know that the earth did not "always" experience a sunrise. What about before the earth, the solar system, the galaxy? What about the future? We know that the sun will eventually burn out--no sunrise then. So no, truth is not subjective nor relative.
"On" is conditional upon gravity. Is there an "on" in zero gravity/zero force application? "On" is conditional upon the substance of the table and book. What you previously considered true was conditional, subjective and relative.
"The book is on the table" specifically references the present time. "The sun always rises" specifically references all time. "On" is a preposition that describes the table. "Always" is an adverb modifying the verb rises. Either every part of the sentence is true and therefore the sentence is true, or if one thing is false, the whole sentence is false. If indeed the book is on the table, that statement is true. The sentence "The sun always rises" will never be a true statement.
