On Thu, 27 Apr 2000 14:50:00 +0300, you wrote:
>Geoff, I'm going to make you work a little before I agree to more than one type
>of truth. All that I will concede is that things may be true in different ways,
>or to different principals. e.g. I can think of circumstances where the
>following are also true:
> 1+1 = 10 (binary)
> a=a+1 (as in computer programs)
Sorry, this is not correct. Between statement one and statement two
there is a change of language or the line is in error.
In 1+1=10
It is read as one plus one equals 0ne Zero. (equality test)
In statement two in a computer program the statement is
_set_ A to equal the current value of A plus one. (assignment)
The operator is an assignment operator not an equality operator. Or it
is incorrect.
A similar thing is going on in the discussion.
People are switching between meanings of the value of insanity. The
value of insanity being equal to being mentally ill is not the same as
setting the value of insanity as being sufficiently mentally ill as to
be able to enter a plea of insanity under law. You can be legally
declared mentally ill and still not be able to plea insanity under
law.
>
>> I am lacking a bit of
>> information on this subject of the truth of philosophy. Since I have only
>> studied in detail one philosopher/writer, Robert M. Pirsig.
>>
>Geoff, your confession is admirable. I too am almost ignorant in
>philosophology - most of what I know I've gleaned second hand. I may be wrong
>about this, but suspect that the same is true for many other participants in the
>discussion (with some obvious exceptions).
>
>
>> JONATHAN: "Philosophy MUST be TRUE to everyday experience!"
>>
>> I am not sure what this actually means Jonathan. I would like it if you
>> could explain it further.
>>
>
>That's fairly straightforward. Supposing that I develop a sincere belief that
>the winter cannot end until I sacrifice some animal to some weather god. Now
>suppose that I have done this for 25 years and am suddenly prevented from doing
>so (e.g. by some foreign invader)! Don't you see how neurosis could develop, as
>we moved though March, April ... May. Depending on the intensity of my neurosis,
>I might not even make it through to June. If I survive, I will have to accept
>that a philosophy that served me okay for 25 years has come up in flat
>contradiction with reality and has to be abandoned.
>
"We hold that all men are equal"
This is patently untrue yet I hold it as a wonderful philosophy.
regards,
Ian
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