[MD] meaning

[plattholden at gmail.com]

Hey Ron,

Truth is a feeling that confirms and harmonizes a person's experience 
with her submerged assumptions about how the world works.

Just another thought.

Regards,
Platt

 


On 28 Feb 2010 at 8:42, X Acto wrote:

> 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
>