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Single Idea 10913

[from 'Metaphysics' by Aristotle, in 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 1. Truth ]

Full Idea

That which is as being true (and that which is not as being false) have to do with composition and division, ... (for truth involves assertion in the case of combination and denial in the case of a separation).

Gist of Idea

Truth is a matter of asserting correct combinations and separations

Source

Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1027b22)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.163


A Reaction

This remark has the prospect of being spelled out precisely in terms of predication in modern logic