Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 11:32:47 +0100 From: Colin Wight <Colin.Wight-AT-aber.ac.uk> Subject: RE: BHA: truth Oh BTW, Ruth and Doug, as I remember i think this is also Collier's position. I too BTW am quite fond of it. At 00:02 24/05/98 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Doug, and all, > >Doug, you wrote: > >>Although I can no longer find where, my old mentor, Joe Margolis, makes a >>distinction that seems close to the one Wallace cites from Devitt and which >>I find helpful. He says that correspondence with reality cannot be the >>_criterion_ of truth for the reason Louis mentions (no independent access >>to reality) but it can (and, presumably, should) still be the _meaning_ of >>truth. > >I like this. Does he flesh this out somewhere I could take a look at? [And >speaking of references, I see Wally posted the RB article. I didn't end up >finding it all that useful, but I'd be curious to hear what you and others >think.] > ============================================ Dr. Colin Wight Department of International Politics University of Wales, Aberystwyth Wales SY23 3DA Tel: (01970) 621769 --- from list bhaskar-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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