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Single Idea 13984

[from 'Are there propositions?' by Gilbert Ryle, in 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 Reference

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.