RE: BHA: truth

[Colin Wight <Colin.Wight@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh BTW, Ruth and Doug, as I remember i think this is also Collier's
position. I too BTW am quite fond of it.

At 00:02 24/05/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Doug, and all,
>
>Doug, you wrote:
>
>>Although I can no longer find where, my old mentor, Joe Margolis, makes a
>>distinction that seems close to the one Wallace cites from Devitt and which
>>I find helpful.  He says that correspondence with reality cannot be the
>>_criterion_ of truth for the reason Louis mentions (no independent access
>>to reality) but it can (and, presumably, should) still be the _meaning_ of
>>truth.
>
>I like this.  Does he flesh this out somewhere I could take a look at? [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.]
>

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Dr. Colin Wight
Department of International Politics
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Wales
SY23 3DA
Tel: (01970) 621769


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