Re: [jboske] factivity of nu

[Invent Yourself <xod@thestonecutters.net>]

On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, John Cowan wrote:

> Invent Yourself scripsit:
>
> > In terms of the 2 cases being fictional worlds about which I might read, I
> > see a difference. I can imagine the chocolate but not the 4 = 5. This is
> > something that con men and fiction authors should keep in mind, so they
> > can craft realistic works. But in terms of reality, both cases are
> > provably false; 0 in the boolean sense.
>
> Granted. But President McGovern 1972-76 is a world you can reason about
> usefully, whereas the world where "true" and "false" have the same referent
> isn't.


"Usefully"? What do you mean? All we can do it write unchallengable
fantasies about it.




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