Philosophy 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Franz Brentano, Human Nature, Counterfactual Conditional
6 Aug 2020
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It may not surprise you that philosophers have long debated the nature of truth and there is no single agreed upon theory of what truth consists in. Your textbook presents some of the main theories about truth. Our concern is not so much about what this abstract notion is as opposed to finding practical ways of determining when to accept premises. How to determine whether to accept a premise depends on the type of statement the premise is. Facts that can be checked through observation, in principle, are called empirical facts. In principle here refers to the idea that it would be possible to observe the situation, even if we are not in a position to do so now. Things that happen on pluto are empirical facts. Statements that assert empirical facts, facts about our observable world, are called empirical statements. Particular: statements about specific things. (88) amanada is 5 feet 7 inches tall.
