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Re: [jboske] factivity of nu

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Subject: Re: [jboske] factivity of nu
From: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 07:46:15 -0500 (EST)
In-reply-to: <20030111151151.R95645-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> from "Invent Yourself" at Jan 11, 2003 03:13:44 PM

Invent Yourself scripsit:

> No good! There is only one reality, all others are (equally) unreal.
> President McGovern, Irish Socrates, and the one where I drank hot
> chocolate last night are all equally false. The Verification Principle
> shows this.

How?

You really see no difference between the you-drank-hot-chocolate world
and the 2 + 2 = 5 (or worse yet, 2 + 2 = Albert) worlds, or the world
where all universals are false, or the world where all false statements
are true?

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