No, as MBlume said, truth, and utility of truth, supervene on brain states and the things those brain states are about. Holding my belief about the color of the sky fixed, it is true if the sky is blue and false if the sky is green.
Also, truth and happiness are just the values being weighed in this particular case; nobody ever said they’re the only things rationalists might care about.
No, as MBlume said, truth, and utility of truth, supervene on brain states and the things those brain states are about. Holding my belief about the color of the sky fixed, it is true if the sky is blue and false if the sky is green.
Also, truth and happiness are just the values being weighed in this particular case; nobody ever said they’re the only things rationalists might care about.