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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 Ref
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.
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| 5418 | In a world of mere matter there might be 'facts', but no truths [Russell] |
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