Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 23:18:37 +0100
From: Colin Wight <Colin.Wight-AT-aber.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: BHA: truth


Hi Ruth,

This is just one of those times when I wish some form of radical
idealism/constructivism/postmodernism was right - pizza sounds great,
problem is the realities of getting it together. Ah well.... Can you let me
have the ref of piece Wallace mentioned.


>
>Yes, this does seem to be what he's saying, but (among other things) what,
>then, is the difference between the concept of "truth" and the concept of
>"cause"?


Do you mean the concept of cause (transitive) or cause (intransitive)?
Anyway, taking you to mean what's the difference between alethic truth as
the nature of things and cause as the powers, liabilities and propensities
of things. Loads, but they are clearly related. The alethic truth of X may
be that it possesses causal powers Y, but why is not reducible to X or vice
versa. Moreover, X may possess little, or no causal power, and this would
be part of the alethic truth of X, not its causal powers..

Don't know if this helps.


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Dr. Colin Wight
Department of International Politics
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Wales
SY23 3DA
Tel: (01970) 621769 


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