Can truth contradict itself?

[exchemist]

13 hours ago, rufus mosley said:

How?

The question you originally asked seems to me to make a category error. "Truth", as @joigus observed back in July last year, is a value applied to a proposition. In other words, truth is not an entity in itself, but "true" or "false" are attributes of a proposition. "Truth" cannot contradict anything, because it is not a verifiable proposition.  

[Genady]

48 minutes ago, exchemist said:

The question you originally asked seems to me to make a category error. "Truth", as @joigus observed back in July last year, is a value applied to a proposition. In other words, truth is not an entity in itself, but "true" or "false" are attributes of a proposition. "Truth" cannot contradict anything, because it is not a verifiable proposition.  

I thought that the word "truth" is just a shortcut for "true proposition", like in "The truth is that he was not there."

[dimreepr]

23 minutes ago, Genady said:

I thought that the word "truth" is just a shortcut for "true proposition", like in "The truth is that he was not there."

It depends, how many bears did you drink???

[Genady]

12 minutes ago, dimreepr said:

It depends, how many bears did you drink???

I don't drink bear because of an allergy.

[dimreepr]

13 minutes ago, Genady said:

I don't drink bear because of an allergy.

You lucky duck...

[exchemist]

56 minutes ago, Genady said:

I thought that the word "truth" is just a shortcut for "true proposition", like in "The truth is that he was not there."

Exactly, it has no meaning except in relation to a proposition, or a collection of propositions judged to be true.

[iNow]

43 minutes ago, Genady said:

I don't drink bear because of an allergy.

Sounds like a grizzly situation, Yogi. No difference between brown bears or black? They seem to be polar opposites. Maybe we can hibernate on it. 

[Genady]

20 minutes ago, iNow said:

Sounds like a grizzly situation, Yogi. No difference between brown bears or black? They seem to be polar opposites. Maybe we can hibernate on it. 

I didn't try a polar though...

[TheVat]

This is why I support the Constitutional right to arm bears.  As was crafted by John Grizzly Adams.