Re: Truth (was Re: virus: Language)

Sodom (sodom@ma.ultranet.com)
Wed, 25 Mar 1998 17:08:42 -0500


I will agree that: For all practical purposes, mathematics gets closest to truth
of anything we have yet created. I will admit that it is close enough that I am
willing to bet my existence (Which since it is all I have - being an Atheist -
is a lot to bet) that mathematics is an exceptionally close model of reality. I
will fly on an airplane, trust my vehicle, take my medicine - all on the bet
that math is close enough in this frame of refrence. But like I said, it depends
on a certain frame of refrence. For the concept of "truth" to exist in my mind,
it must be absolute. To me, truth is much closer to the concepts of good or bad
- in otherwords completly subjective. I will concede that mathematics is the
best model yet.

One other thing, just as an aside, "does infinity exist as a real thing?" I know
it exists as a concept, but is anything infinite in scope?

Sodom
I have seen the light, and since it was there infinately, everyone should see it
everywhere

Keith Elis wrote:

> Sodom wrote:
> >
> > I dont know of any turth in either of those, and I study them both quite a
> > bit. Maybe you could provide an example.
>
> Your orginal inquiry concerned what would lead me to believe there is
> truth. Science and philosophy, inter alia, are ways of testing
> propositions. The root being logic. Once all testable propositions are
> tested, then what remains ought to be true. This is what leads me to
> believe that there is truth. Without having infinite time to regress,
> actually testing all propositions is another matter.