the cat is on the mat

[damiant]

The variety of information stored within such memories is enormous, including such items as: how to control your sphincter muscle until a socially appropriate occasion, how to identify mommy in a crowd, how to ride a bicycle, what is the shortest path to grandmother’s house without going near the lair of the wolf, what is the tune for Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, and what a philosopher means when she says "The cat is on the mat." All learning takes place within the brain, and as our understanding of the underlying structures and processes of the brain increases we can begin to apply that knowledge to improve our construction of learning environments.

[nephew]

и что имеет в виду преподавательница философии/логики, когда говорит "Все люди смертны"

"The cat is on the mat" - что-то типа "мама мыла раму" в учебниках логики

[non-finito]

The most accepted theory of truth among philosophers is called "the correspondence theory."
According to the correspondence theory of truth, truth is a two-term relation (dyadic relation) between
on the one hand, a belief, or a sentence or statement, or even a theory; and, on the other hand, a fact
or a state of affairs in the world. This relation is called "correspondence" between the first term of the
relation and the second term of the relation. So, for instance, (to take a favorite philosophical
example) the statement (belief etc.) "The cat is on the mat" is true if and only if there is some fact of
state of affairs such that there is a cat, and a mat, and the cat has the relationship of being on the
mat. In that case, the statement in the example "corresponds" with the fact. If, on the other hand,
there were a cat but no mat; or a mat but no cat; or there were a cat, and a mat, but the mat was on
the cat, (and so on) the statement in the example would not correspond to the facts, and the
statement would be false. Just how to understand this relationship of "correspondence" is a
considerable problem in epistemology.

[damiant]

Non-finito forever :)) Thanx again :) and the same to nephew