RE: Necessary Truths Exist
December 5, 2013 at 9:39 am
(This post was last modified: December 5, 2013 at 9:40 am by Rational AKD.)
(December 5, 2013 at 9:32 am)LostLocke Wrote: Let's say "Obama will be president of the US"
10 years ago that statement would be truth. 10 years from now it will not be truth.
that's because both statements are general ones referencing different points in time. if the reference is specified, it can clearly be seen why one is true and the other is false and it has nothing to do with the truth changing. "Obama will be president after the year 2003" is the equivalent of the first statement, and "Obama will be president after 2023" is the equivalent of the second statement. as you can see, it's a difference in statements, not truth.
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