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Re: truth



Ajit Sinha wrote:

>You have implicitly made a claim to
>somekind of "truth" without spelling it out, i.e. you have made an
>assertion that there is something called truth and "rational" thought must
>refer to such truth in its discourse. Now, the burden is on you to
>establish this position.

This is interesting. Having rejected "truth" and "rational thought," Ajit
asks Jim Devine to prove their existence according to the canons of truth
and rationality. Is there a contradiction here, or has contradiction gone
out the window too?

Doug





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