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Ideas for 'Counterpart theory and Quant. Modal Logic', 'Inexpressible Properties and Propositions' and 'A Short History of Decay'

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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 9. Rejecting Truth
Truth is just an error insufficiently experienced [Cioran]
     Full Idea: What we call truth is an error insufficiently experienced.
     From: E.M. Cioran (A Short History of Decay [1949], 5)
     A reaction: I'm not sure how to go about refuting that claim! Turn the tables, I suppose. 'Tell me, Cioran, are you claiming that this idea is true?'
Eventually every 'truth' is guaranteed by the police [Cioran]
     Full Idea: Once a belief is established the police will guarantee its 'truth' sooner or later.
     From: E.M. Cioran (A Short History of Decay [1949], 6 'Views')
3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 3. Minimalist Truth
Instances of minimal truth miss out propositions inexpressible in current English [Hofweber]
     Full Idea: A standard objection to minimalist truth is the 'incompleteness objection'. Since there are propositions inexpressible in present English the concept of truth isn't captured by all the instances of the Tarski biconditional.
     From: Thomas Hofweber (Inexpressible Properties and Propositions [2006], 5.3)
     A reaction: Sounds like a good objection.