Philosophy 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Coherence Theory, Correspondence Theory Of Truth
27 Jul 2013
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In my mind there is an idea of a monkey, an idea of a carpet, and idea of spatial relationship between monkey and carpet. If this belief is true in the outside world there is a real monkey, a real carpet and a real spatial relationship between monkey and carpet. What exactly is it that is true of false here: we"ve been talking about "my belief" being true or false. Technical language : the monkey is on the carpet, le singe est sur le tapis, etc. These different sentences all express one and same proposition. Ultimately it is the proposition that is true or false, not how you say it. The belief is the same thing as the proposition. Notice that a proposition is not a thing out there in the physical world, nor does it exist just in my mind. Let"s say it is in the "ideal world" A proposition may be true or false.
