Necessary Truths Exist

[henryp]

Objections:
2. truth doesn't really exist-- this is a self refuting position. if you claim "truth doesn't exist" then you can't say that statement is true. a principle is not above its own criteria, if truth doesn't exist then you can't say it's true that truth doesn't exist because that would be an apparent contradiction.

I recently read something that tried to slip this same logic in there.

The ole, The only rule is there are no rules!! paradox.

But you switch it to "There is only one rule." and it works fine. (the one rule being that there is only one rule)

Because what's really being talked about is defining a subset of 'truths' not all truth.