Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Epicharmus, Archelaus and Bertrand Russell

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3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth
For Russell, both propositions and facts are arrangements of objects, so obviously they correspond [Horwich on Russell]
Truth as congruence may work for complex beliefs, but not for simple beliefs about existence [Joslin on Russell]
Beliefs are true if they have corresponding facts, and false if they don't [Russell]
Propositions of existence, generalities, disjunctions and hypotheticals make correspondence tricky [Russell]