RE: MD what is a fact?

From: David Buchanan (DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org)
Date: Sun Mar 30 2003 - 23:35:16 BST

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    Platt, Sam and all,

    Sam asked:
    Do you think there is a difference between how a fact is characterised in
    SOM thinking, and how it is characterised in the MoQ? If so, how would you
    describe that difference?

    DMB says:
    Since you've started a new thread, maybe you're raising a new issue. But
    just to be clear, the distinction between myth and fact is hardly related to
    truth claims. Facts, in this sense, are not even necessarily true. A fact is
    a statement that can be demonstrated to be true OR false, while a myth is
    NEITHER true NOR false. If I say, "My friend Sam is a rock", that is a
    metaphor - just as a myth is a metaphor. To read such a statement as a fact
    renders it absurd and impossible. It would mean that you are a dislodged
    chuck of hardened sediment or crytalized minerals. The distinction between
    myth and fact is not about what's true and what's not, its just about two
    different forms of expression. To make this distinction is only to make the
    simple assertion that for some things have to be read symbolically, and not
    literally, in order to make intellectual sense. Facts are intended to be
    taken literally, while myths are not.

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