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For whatever reason, I always seem to hit a mental speed-bump when someone mentions "the truth." The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (the SEP) has a long a
by jes 5y ago
For whatever reason, I always seem to hit a mental speed-bump when someone mentions "the truth."
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (the SEP) has a long article [1] on the subject of Truth. There are multiple competing claims as to what is meant when we say that something is true.
[1] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/truth https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/truth
- goatlover 5y agoOn a deflationary account of truth, scientific statements can be true if they meet the standard of empirical verification. It’s raining diamonds on Saturn is true if we can detect diamond rain on Saturn right now.
- bawolff 5y agoWas it also "true" in 1877 when Giovanni Schiaparelli detected canals on mars that there were canals on mars?
- SquibblesRedux 5y agoObservations and subsequent inferences should always come with probabilities. No matter how beautiful the math, the measurement is never perfect.