MixedNuts comments on The Useful Idea of Truth - Less Wrong

77 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 02 October 2012 06:16PM

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Comment author: MixedNuts 06 October 2012 08:53:38AM 0 points [-]

It's not useful to know they are meaningful if you don't know the meaning.

Comment author: wedrifid 06 October 2012 09:00:46AM 1 point [-]

It's not useful to know they are meaningful if you don't know the meaning.

I wouldn't agree with this. Knowing whether or not something is meaningful is potentially quite a lot of information.

Comment author: Peterdjones 08 October 2012 12:11:10PM 0 points [-]

You do know the meaning. Knowing the meaning is what tells you there is no denotation. You know there is no King of France because you know what "King" and "France" mean.