... and on the normative role of truth
in theories of assertion.
Any theory of assertion is committed to the view that truth is in some sense
a norm for assertion. It is relatively uncontroversial ... parameter.
RELATIVE TRUTH
Introduction: Motivations for Relativism 3
own pants are on fire, as opposed to the proposition that some particular person’s
pants are on fire.³
Traditionally, then,...
... nothing could be more ‘Platonic’ than
exemplarist doctr ines. But what, I would ask, is the Platonic character
of such doctrines? Well, there is a doctrine of Ideas and of things par-
ticipating ... the Creation
of the Cosmos
I. ‘EXEMPLARISM’
St Maximus’ doctrine of divine logoi, or—to be more precise—of
θ„ÔÈ ÙÔF ÂrÌ·È, is a kind of doctrine of Ideas. This is how I understand
the important ....
... and Reference
The doctrine that sense determines reference is an expression
of the idea that sense is responsible for semantic properties
(truth and reference). Frege held the doctrine both for ... determines a unique truth value. It
seems that Frege actually believed that sense alone determines
reference.
7.4 Aristotle on Beliefs and Truth Values
If a thought determines a truth value...
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sounded a minor note.
But among the psychiatrists, internists, and family doctors treating
depression, there was a good deal of thinking that methamphet...
... period of history” there will be relatively few dramatic changes. The
United States will remain the most important global power; the European
Union will gain in relative power, despite the limitations ... primarily historians. On the European side,
many assumed that, once George W. Bush was out of power in 2008 9
the American–European climate would further improve. Had not relations
been e...
... unreasonable beliefs
The Tenacity of
Unreasonable Beliefs
Fundamentalism and
the Fear of Truth
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Oxford University’s ... confirm
the truths of religion by reason . . . [I]n reference to Biblical inter-
pretation Saadia makes the general remark that whenever a verse of
Scripture apparently contradicts the tr...
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Kumar, R. (2007). UW-Madison doctoral thesis under preparation.
Ledoux, M. (2007). Deviation inequalities on largest ei...
... these moves
from public to relatively private (excerpting texts) and relatively
private to relatively private (collecting mots), we may set Cicero’s
idea of moving from relatively private to public ... Poetry—History and criticism. 2. Latin poetry—History and criticism. I. Title.
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... Britain
liberalism can be dispensed with entirely or that multiculturalism is
an autonomous political doctrine. Parekh readily admits that the
operations of multiculturalism, at least in the British ... position.
Such is the belief of Rear Admiral Chris Parry, head of the
Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC) at the
Ministry of Defence. He already believes that is almost impossible...