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Full Idea
Our beliefs must claim a correspondence with facts, and then the verbal expression of the belief must correspond to the belief itself.
Gist of Idea
Beliefs must match facts, but also words must match beliefs
Source
D.J. O'Connor (The Correspondence Theory of Truth [1975], Ch.4)
Book Ref
O'Connor,D.J.: 'The Correspondence Theory of Truth' [Hutchinson 1975], p.20
| 3742 | Beliefs must match facts, but also words must match beliefs [O'Connor] |
| 3743 | We can't contemplate our beliefs until we have expressed them [O'Connor] |
| 3745 | Must sentences make statements to qualify for truth? [O'Connor] |
| 3744 | The semantic theory requires sentences as truth-bearers, not propositions [O'Connor] |
| 3746 | Logic seems to work for unasserted sentences [O'Connor] |
| 3747 | Events are fast changes which are of interest to us [O'Connor] |
| 3748 | Without language our beliefs are particular and present [O'Connor] |
| 3749 | What does 'true in English' mean? [O'Connor] |