humanities.philosophy.objectivism

acar wrote:
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> It seems to me that Objectivism assumes the intrinsic truth of
> reality. If one is to reach truth through objectivity, the thing about
> which one is being objective must itself be true.
> If there is intrinsic truth to reality, then Objectivism is
> importantly, indeed basically, about "intrincisism". But if reality is
> "just there" but not necessarily the standard of truth, then
> Objectivism doesn't know what the standard of truth is and it becomes
> pragmatism and relativism.

Here is the problem. Truth is a relation between an assertion
(statement) and what it asserts. Being truth is asserting what is the
case. Truth itself is not what is the case. The predicate true applies
to pair (assertion, asserted).

It is not the case that facts are true. It is the case that facts are.

Bob Kolker