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Single Idea 13984

[filed under theme 3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 3. Correspondence Truth critique ]

Full Idea

One map of Sussex is like another, but it is not true of that other map, but only of the county.

Gist of Idea

Two maps might correspond to one another, but they are only 'true' of the country they show

Source

Gilbert Ryle (Are there propositions? [1930], 'Objections')

Book Ref

Ryle,Gilbert: 'Collected Essays 2 1929-1968' [Routledge 2009], p.27

A Reaction

One might question whether a map is in any sense 'true' of Sussex, though one must admit that there are good and bad maps of Sussex. The point is a nice one, which shows that there is no simple account of truth as correspondence.

The 13 ideas from 'Are there propositions?'

13989 There are no propositions; they are just sentences, used for thinking, which link to facts in a certain way [Ryle]
13977 When I utter a sentence, listeners grasp both my meaning and my state of mind [Ryle]
13976 'Propositions' name what is thought, because 'thoughts' and 'judgments' are too ambiguous [Ryle]
13981 Several people can believe one thing, or make the same mistake, or share one delusion [Ryle]
13979 Logic studies consequence, compatibility, contradiction, corroboration, necessitation, grounding.... [Ryle]
13980 If you like judgments and reject propositions, what are the relata of incoherence in a judgment? [Ryle]
13978 Husserl and Meinong wanted objective Meanings and Propositions, as subject-matter for Logic [Ryle]
13982 If we accept true propositions, it is hard to reject false ones, and even nonsensical ones [Ryle]
13983 Representation assumes you know the ideas, and the reality, and the relation between the two [Ryle]
13985 A true proposition seems true of one fact, but a false proposition seems true of nothing at all. [Ryle]
13984 Two maps might correspond to one another, but they are only 'true' of the country they show [Ryle]
13988 Many sentences do not state facts, but there are no facts which could not be stated [Ryle]
13987 We may think in French, but we don't know or believe in French [Ryle]