RE: Matt Dilahunty On The Logical Absolutes
November 19, 2016 at 10:30 pm
(This post was last modified: November 19, 2016 at 10:38 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
A coherentist's theory of truth has to assume that it's about truth. Not talking about symbols. Talking about any theory of truth has to be about truth.
It doesn't have to be about relation to other things. That's the whole point it's self-evident. It's the absolute crux of self-evidence. The fact you are experiencing what you are experiencing is A=A. "I think therefore I am" presupposes your knowing that your thinking is your thinking and your being is your being. You can't even be conscious of yourself without knowing that you're conscious of yourself, without A=A.
All theories of truth have to be about truth. Or all theories of A have to be about A. A=A.
You can't have a theory of truth without truth=truth. Not talking about symbols. I'm not talking about the word "truth". I'm talking about actual truth. Truth has to be truth.
Again, it's very simple: You can't even have a theory of truth that isn't about truth. All theories and definitions of truth presuppose truth=truth.
Denying A=A is the very definition of denying reality. Because I'm not talking about the mentioning of the symbols "A=A" I'm talking about what it represents. What it represents exists without the symbol. Something is something regardless if those words exist. You can't pretend that everything isn't what it is if we don't have labels for it. A thing is a thing regardless of if we can say "a thing is a thing".
Denying that something is something is the very definition of denying reality. Again, you don't need a symbol to represent something for that something that the symbol represents to be a reality.
It doesn't have to be about relation to other things. That's the whole point it's self-evident. It's the absolute crux of self-evidence. The fact you are experiencing what you are experiencing is A=A. "I think therefore I am" presupposes your knowing that your thinking is your thinking and your being is your being. You can't even be conscious of yourself without knowing that you're conscious of yourself, without A=A.
All theories of truth have to be about truth. Or all theories of A have to be about A. A=A.
You can't have a theory of truth without truth=truth. Not talking about symbols. I'm not talking about the word "truth". I'm talking about actual truth. Truth has to be truth.
Again, it's very simple: You can't even have a theory of truth that isn't about truth. All theories and definitions of truth presuppose truth=truth.
Denying A=A is the very definition of denying reality. Because I'm not talking about the mentioning of the symbols "A=A" I'm talking about what it represents. What it represents exists without the symbol. Something is something regardless if those words exist. You can't pretend that everything isn't what it is if we don't have labels for it. A thing is a thing regardless of if we can say "a thing is a thing".
Denying that something is something is the very definition of denying reality. Again, you don't need a symbol to represent something for that something that the symbol represents to be a reality.
