Brain in a Vat (Part 1)
Philosopher Hilary Putnam explains his "brain in a vat" theory. This theory calls into question basic human assumptions about knowledge and reality on the grounds that we have no way of knowing if what we think we see and experience and believe to b...
Subject: truth
Transcript: write the same sentence, snow is whitem. That's called the 'disquotational property Of truth. ' Okay. Now ask, could it be that we, human beings, all of
Language, Meaning and Truth
nature of supposed statements of truth, arguing that what appears to be "true" today may not be considered true in the future.
Subject: truth
Transcript: that analyticity or truth By definition, in this case it would be, Which is a special case of analyticity, true by definition, Is a it's a episodic thing
Is Truth an Idealization of Rational Acceptability?
Philosopher Hilary Putnam explains how his thinking has changed from the time when he stated that truth is an idealized rational acceptability. He
Subject: truth
Transcript: I've said in reason, truth and history, i myself said That truth is an 'idealized rational acceptability'. I think now that's wrong but, in a sense
Coherence Theory
Philosopher John Searle talks about coherence theory, which he notes was part of idealism (the idea that there is no real world, there's just our system of representations). He adds that coherence theory was an "old-fashioned" objection to correspon...
Subject: truth
Transcript: what's truth? If there's no real world, well truth just consists In how our various beliefs and thoughts And judgments cohere with each other. Another
Brain in a Vat (Part 2)
Philosopher Hilary Putnam discusses problems with using any form of the brain in a vat argument for skeptical purposes. The biggest problem he cites is that the brain in a vat argument itself requires that many of our assumptions concerning the laws...
Subject: truth
Transcript: not, Here i again agree with the pragmatists. Even though i disagree with their theory of truth, I think sheer logical possibility That what i say might
Theories of Truth
Philosopher Hilary Putnam states his objections to the various theories of truth (coherence, correspondence, pragmatist and, more recently
Subject: truth
Transcript: I keep meaning to do some research into when these terms, Coherence, like 'coherence theory Of truth', really emerged. I know that stuff i've read
Truth
Philosopher W.V. Quine talks about truth, pointing out paradoxes that often crop up in such discussions. As an example, he cites the contradiction
Subject: truth
Transcript: Tarski has put the nature Of truth the most clearly in my view. His example his famous example is an example That talks about a sentence. The example
Does Science Give Us Truth?: Pragmatism Theory of Truth, The
A third theory of truth known as pragmatism considers success to be the main marker of truth. In contrast with intellectualists who view truth as a
Subject: truth
Transcript: [ narrator ] both correspondence and coherence theories of truth have been criticized for their abstractness and dependence on arguments. often the
Is There One Truth?
Philosopher Richard Rorty argues that the notion of there being one truth is "...a bad left-over of Greek metaphysics and Christian theology
Subject: truth
Transcript: I think the idea of one truth is a bad leftover Of greek metaphysics and christian theology. I mean i think the notion Of one truth is basically just
Language, Truth and Happiness
Philosopher Richard Rorty explains his belief that the quest for happiness is more fundamental than the quest for truth. In his view, people
Subject: truth
Transcript: I think the quest for happiness is more fundamental then the Quest for truth. That is, i think that looking for truth is looking for beliefs Which