Truth in context vs ultimate truth

[bennyboy]

Real or true? The OP seems to be conflating the two.

I think these things will always come together often, because a common application of any idea about truth is determining in what way you believe things are real.

If the correspondence theory of truth is correct, what is true is what corresponds to some fact in the world. In that sense, context doesn't matter.

I'd say that in that sense, the context is given: the context of our experience of the world. In that context, I'd say it is true that there is a desk in front of me. But I'm not so sure I'd say it's "solid," because scientific ideas establish a new context in which to view that statement. I see it as solid, and it hurts if I smack my head against it, but I "know" it to be 99.99999% empty space.