Re: virus: Re: Social Metaphysics

Brett Lane Robertson (unameit@tctc.com)
Tue, 23 Sep 1997 12:12:31 -0500


Truth--that which derives from a prime cause, produces a prime effect, or
lends itself to a cause-effect relationship.

Brett

At 09:28 AM 9/23/97 -0600, you wrote:
>That which is in accordance with the actual state of affairs. Isomorphic=
with
>objective reality. Note that I make no claim that there is such thing as=
the
>Truth with a capital T [1]. There are different ways to express the truth,
>e.g. if a point is located at cartesian co-ordinates (3, 4) it is also true
>that the point is located at polar co-ordinates (5, 53=BA)[2]. No framework=
is
>objectively better than another, though some will be more useful given
>certain criteria. Once the mapping is found between two frameworks, true=20
>statements using one framework can be translated to true statements in the
>other framework.

>David McFadzean=20

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