RE: BHA: truth

["Wallace Polsom" <wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

Ruth wrote:
> [And speaking of references, I see Wally posted the RB
> article.  I didn't end up finding it all that useful,
> but I'd be curious to hear what you and others think.]

Wally???

Anyway, sorry, Ruth, that the article wasn't helpful, but it certainly does
touch on a topic you raised (perhaps just in passing) a while ago, viz.:

<begin quotation>
I'm sorry to be doing so much thinking out loud here, but here's the crux of
what I've been preoccupied with: in so far as truth is an idea, I'd be
inclined to think that, like other ideas, it doesn't exist on, say, the
moon, where, apart from the occasional visits by us, there don't seem to be
any cognizers on board.  This is what sparked my curiousity about just what
ontological commitments are involved in deflationary and correspondence
theories of truth respectively.
<end quotation>

Of course, I originally sent the citation to Ruth off list, but then she
mentioned it on list, rousing the curiosity of Colin and Doug, so I obliged
by sending the citation to everyone, though it is clearly only very
peripherally related to the current discussion about truth. In other words,
before you rush to the library, be forewarned: your mileage may vary. ;-)

Wallace



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