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Single Idea 5022

[catalogued under 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 8. Subjective Truth]

Full Idea

A proposition is held to be true by us when our mind is ready to follow it and no reason for doubting it can be found.

Gist of Idea

We hold a proposition true if we are ready to follow it, and can't see any objections

Source

Gottfried Leibniz (Introduction to a Secret Encyclopaedia [1679], p.7)

Book Reference

Leibniz,Gottfried: 'Philosophical Writings', ed/tr. Parkinson,G.H.R. [Dent 1973], p.7


A Reaction

This follows on from Descartes' view, but it now sounds more like psychology than metaphysics. Clearly a false proposition could fit this desciption. Personally I follow propositions to which I can see no objection, without actually holding them true.