If one denies that, when the meaning is true, then the meant is what is so, one rejects … - Bernard Lonergan

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Bernard Lonergan

If one denies that, when the meaning is true, then the meant is what is so, one rejects propositional truth. If the rejection is universal, then it is the self-destructive proposition that there are no true propositions. If the rejection is limited to the dogmas, then it is just a roundabout way of saying that all the dogmas are false.

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