>On Dec 10, 2007 7:52 PM, Shane Mage <shmage at pipeline.com> wrote:
>
>> Plato, to start with. But "the correspondence theory of truth" is
>> self-evident and can be denied only by sophists. That is why Plato
> > deals with this subject precisely in the dialogue called "The Sophist."
>
>*Show us the quote[s].*...
Since it could not be quoted in its entirety, the reference to "Sophist" stood for the requested quote. But if a snippet between inverted commas is asked for: "(Guest from Elea): And therefore a statement will likewise be considered false, if it declares that things which are, are not, or that things which are not, are. (Theaetetus): In what other way could a statement be made false? (Guest): Virtually in no other way; but the sophist will not assent to this..." (241 A)
>...Nowadays there is *no* consensus on the correspondence theory of truth...
Of course there are still sophists. They call the others, among whom the
consensus exists, "the reality-based community."
>
>...Self-evidence is incoherent...
If the term "self-evident" offends, how about "evident to everyone that uses the word 'untrue' in their everyday language?"
Shane Mage
"Die Welt ist alles dass der Fall ist." (Wittgenstein)