humanities.philosophy.objectivism

In article <7ad92ec1-a8fe-46e7-b277-22a2b11df1b0
@m71g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, rumin8@ix.netcom.com says...
> On Apr 4, 4:30 pm, Mark Sieving wrote:
>
> > But does a parrot that has been
> > taught to say "two plus two is four" have less understanding than a
> > tape recorder on which these words have been recorded?
>
> No. That's why there's no truth in either instance without a
> consciousness to associate meaning with the words.

I think this is an unfortunately subjective way to look at it. Human
beings assess the truth of a statement, they do not put truth "in" a
statement. A statement is true if it corresponds to a fact; if no human
beings existed, then there would be no one to assess the truth of a
statement, but that is another matter. Perhaps analytic and/or
definitional statements could be viewed as a exception.

--
Gordon