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15775 | Truth-thinking does not make it so; it being so is what makes it true [Aristotle] |
Full Idea: It is not on account of our truly thinking that you are white that you are white; rather it is on account of your being white that we who assert as much are telling the truth. | |
From: Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1051b10) | |
A reaction: Some philosophers say this makes truth a derivative property, and is central to truth-maker theories. Kit Fine claims the reverse - that things exist because of the truths - but I don't really understand that (or agree with it). |
10915 | The truth or falsity of a belief will be in terms of something that is always this way not that [Aristotle] |
Full Idea: The truth or falsity of a belief will be in terms of something that is always this way not that. | |
From: Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1052a12) | |
A reaction: Aristotle seems to take 'beliefs' to be the truth-bearers. |