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- From: jamie@cs.sfu.ca (Jamie Andrews)
- Subject: Multiple Truth Values
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.223915.17370@cs.sfu.ca>
- Organization: CSS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 22:39:15 GMT
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- (Note cross-posting; also posted to soc.religion.eastern
- and soc.religion.bahai, which are moderated.)
-
- There has been some talk lately on sci.logic about cultures
- and religions which have multiple truth values. In particular,
- it has been asserted that the Jains have (or had at some time)
- seven truth values.
-
- In traditional Western thought, in contrast, there are just
- two truth values (true and false). Lately, logic researchers
- have been playing around with the "undefined" truth value and
- with a "both true and false" truth value. I think we sci.logic
- people would be interested in hearing about philosophically- or
- religiously-motivated theories of truth.
-
- Anyone care to expound on the Jainian or other conception
- of truth values? I would be especially interested in hearing
- what exactly these truth values are supposed to signify, and in
- examples of statements with each of the truth values. Any
- reference books you can suggest?
-
- thanks
- --Jamie.
- jamie@cs.sfu.ca
- "The Tao's net encompasses the whole universe." - tao te ching
-