LessonsRealities Are Established: Truth, Correspondence and EssenceQuiz

وَالثُّبُوتُ وَالتَّحَقُّقُ وَالْوُجُودُ وَالْكَوْنُ أَلْفَاظٌ مُتَرَادِفَةٌ
In this discussion, establishment, realization, existence, and being are treated as closely related terms.

An objection follows: if a reality already means something established, is “realities are established” merely saying “established things are established”?

The substantive claim concerns whether the natures we take things to possess have objective purchase in reality. It relates our beliefs about things to what actually obtains, rather than merely repeating a word. This makes the proposition substantive: it concerns the truth of what we believe about things, not a verbal repetition.

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Existence terms and the apparent tautology

Realities Are Established: Truth, Correspondence and Essence

وَالثُّبُوتُ وَالتَّحَقُّقُ وَالْوُجُودُ وَالْكَوْنُ أَلْفَاظٌ مُتَرَادِفَةٌ
In this discussion, establishment, realization, existence, and being are treated as closely related terms.

An objection follows: if a reality already means something established, is “realities are established” merely saying “established things are established”?

The substantive claim concerns whether the natures we take things to possess have objective purchase in reality. It relates our beliefs about things to what actually obtains, rather than merely repeating a word. This makes the proposition substantive: it concerns the truth of what we believe about things, not a verbal repetition.