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| Facts, philosophy: facts are that which corresponds to a true statement or - according to some authors - is identical with a true statement. Problems result from possible multiple counting of objects, e.g. when it is spoken of a situation and additionally by the fact that this situation exists. Therefore, some authors consider the assumption of facts as something superfluous. See also truths of reason, factual truths, facts, truth, statements, knowledge, certainty, thought objects._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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R.L. Cartwright on Facts - Dictionary of Arguments
Horwich I 48 Fact/Moore: (early): means that the proposition owns the simple property of truth. Later: it consists in possessing the truth through a proposition. R. CartwrightVs: if facts and propositions are distinguished, no simple property (truth) is needed anymore. Then we have facts as correspondents. I 49 Ayer: Propositions cannot be facts. Because with wrong propositions there are no corresponding facts. CartwightVsMoore: nothing must be missing in the universe if a proposition is wrong. For example, if Scott had not written Waverley, he (Scott = author of Waverley) would not have to be missing in the universe. I 50 Moore/R. Cartwright: (early): would have had to assume that "the fact that" was a rigid designator: he would have had the following two sentences express the same proposition: a) the fact that there are subways in Boston would not have had to be the fact that there are subways in Boston... b) The author of Waverley did not have to be the author of Waverley. >Rigidity. _____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Car I N. Cartwright How the laws of physics lie Oxford New York 1983 CartwrightR I R. Cartwright A Neglected Theory of Truth. Philosophical Essays, Cambridge/MA pp. 71-93 In Theories of Truth, Paul Horwich, Aldershot 1994 CartwrightR II R. Cartwright Ontology and the theory of meaning Chicago 1954 Horwich I P. Horwich (Ed.) Theories of Truth Aldershot 1994 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-20