Re[2]: [tied] PIE word for "people"

At 4:29:19 PM on Monday, September 26, 2005, glen gordon
wrote:

> Patrick:

>> Logic does not establish falsity or truth but only valid
>> or invalid deductions from premises which may or may not
>> be true.

> Yes, Logic establishes truth, even probabilistic or
> non-absolute truth. The truth of a statement establishes
> its validity. A false statement is by nature invalid.

No, in this matter Patrick is correct. Validity is not a
property of statements (= propositions), but rather of
arguments (= chains of inference); similarly, truth is not a
property of arguments, but rather of statements.

Brian