(October 20, 2012 at 11:18 am)Comprehender Wrote: If I understand you correctly, you are saying that there is no truth that is unknowable.
There are unknowable things. Any proposition about said things would be true or false depending only on how well the proposition describes objective reality. This would not be dependant on how we might feel about the proposition or our perspective.
(October 20, 2012 at 11:18 am)Comprehender Wrote: I consider truth to be that which causes influence. IE: The belief in Santa inspires children to behave good & put out milk & cookies Christmas Eve. A belief, even if it is not based in truth, can have true influence. To discover the cause of influence, it can be helpful to consider various perspectives that would have inspired such an influence.
What you said makes no sense to me and I don't see what it has to do with truth. To me truth is simply a set including all propositions that are true. Nothing noodly about it, just simple propositions that are true i.e. Santa is not magic, or wheels are round.
