Single Idea 3508

[catalogued under 3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth]

Full Idea

It does not matter whether "true" does mean corresponds to the facts, because "corresponds to the facts" does mean corresponds to the facts, and any discipline that aims to describe how the world is aims for this correspondence.

Gist of Idea

Correspondence to the facts HAS to be the aim of enquiry

Source

John Searle (The Rediscovery of the Mind [1992], Ch.10.V)

Book Reference

Searle,John R.: 'The Rediscovery of the Mind' [MIT 1999], p.248