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Single Idea 8319

[from 'The Possibility of Metaphysics' by E.J. Lowe, in 3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 3. Correspondence Truth critique ]

Full Idea

Where there is one-to-one correspondence there must certainly be countable, and therefore individuable items of some kind.

Gist of Idea

One-to-one correspondence would need countable, individuable items

Source

E.J. Lowe (The Possibility of Metaphysics [1998], 11.6)

Book Reference

Lowe,E.J.: 'The Possibility of Metaphysics' [OUP 2001], p.245


A Reaction

Lowe is criticising precise notions of 'a fact'. We can respond by relaxing the notion of 'one-to-one', if critics are going to be fussy about exactly what the items are. "There is a huge wave coming" doesn't need a precise notion of a wave to be true.