Single Idea 8161

[catalogued under 7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / c. Facts and truths]

Full Idea

One thing we know about facts, namely that we can state them. Whenever we make some true statement, we state some fact.

Gist of Idea

We know we can state facts, with true statements

Source

Michael Dummett (Thought and Reality [1997], 1)

Book Reference

Dummett,Michael: 'Thought and Reality (Gifford Lectures)' [OUP 2006], p.3


A Reaction

Then facts become boring, and are subsumed within the problem of what 'true' means. Personally I have a concept of facts which includes unstatable facts. The physical basis of melancholy I take to be a complex fact which is beyond our powers.