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Meaning and truth

One of the best examples of meaning and truth may be found in an old
three stooges bit.

Moe, Larry and Curly are hanging drywall.

Moe: get ta work!

Curly: hey moe! the head of this nail is on the wrong end 

Moe: You idiot!,.. that nail is for the other wall...


what do we mean when we say something is "true"

Meaning, Aristotle said, is that which we are prepared to act on.

Socrates to Hippias, that which is fine and good is that which is useful.

James in Pragmatism speaks of Pragmatic method as making distinctions
by virtue of the difference in meaning that it supplies, if it makes no difference
in meaning then it is a false arguement.

Pragmatic truth is a way to weed out arguements that have no meaningful consequences
in experience. 

just some thoughts