Re: Epistemology 101

From: Albert (albertwagner_at_cox.net)
Date: 12/28/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:42:24 -0600

robert j. kolker wrote:
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> Neil W Rickert wrote:
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>> The theologians at least have somewhere to point when asked for a
>> basis for truth. But where does the secular philosopher point?
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> Truth is an attribute of propositions.

An attribute? And I thought propositions were merely *assumed*
to be true.

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