𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agoIt's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?message-squaremessage-square147fedilinkarrow-up1316arrow-down120
arrow-up1296arrow-down1message-squareIt's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square147fedilink
minus-squareDon_alForno@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours agoGreat! Can’t have myths about random fruit in this otherwise totally valid, reasonable and trustworthy story about a woman that was made from a man’s rib and talked to reptiles.
minus-squareIsoprenoid@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 hours agoIf a narrative is not literally true, does that mean it has no truth value?
minus-squareDon_alForno@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·37 minutes agoWhat is “truth value” supposed to mean?
Great! Can’t have myths about random fruit in this otherwise totally valid, reasonable and trustworthy story about a woman that was made from a man’s rib and talked to reptiles.
If a narrative is not literally true, does that mean it has no truth value?
What is “truth value” supposed to mean?