Bóg jako uprawdziwiacz. O koncepcji Petera Thomasa Geacha

Abstract

This text examines the topic of truthmakers in the philosophy of Peter Thomas Geach, presenting a reconstruction of Geach’s concept and critically analyzing it. The focus is on the connection between mental representations of perceived objects, their linguistic reflection and reality. Additionally, the text explores the concept of God’s causality in St. Thomas Aquinas’ philosophy and compares it with Geach’s approach, highlighting their distinctive features. A formal representation of this relationship is then provided. The central thesis of this theory posits the identification of God with Truth, which allows for the understanding of the verification relationship through the term “voluntaristic causation”. Consequently, following Thomas Aquinas’ proposed terminology, God is categorized as one of the entia actu intelligibilia. However, Geach’s concept lacks in-depth analysis of the matter of person. Another problematic aspect of this concept pertains to the clarification of the ontological category serving as the foundation for verification relations. Difficulties arise when attempting to adapt Geach’s theory to contemporary perspectives that consider states of affairs as the ontological basis for the semantics under consideration. The epistemology employed by the British philosopher relies on the subject-object relationship, akin to God’s causal connection to reality, rather than states of affairs.

This text examines the topic of truthmakers in the philosophy of Peter Thomas Geach, presenting a reconstruction of Geach’s concept and critically analyzing it. The focus is on the connection between mental representations of perceived objects, their linguistic reflection and reality. Additionally, the text explores the concept of God’s causality in St. Thomas Aquinas’ philosophy and compares it with Geach’s approach, highlighting their distinctive features. A formal representation of this relationship is then provided. The central thesis of this theory posits the identification of God with Truth, which allows for the understanding of the verification relationship through the term “voluntaristic causation”. Consequently, following Thomas Aquinas’ proposed terminology, God is categorized as one of the entia actu intelligibilia. However, Geach’s concept lacks in-depth analysis of the matter of person. Another problematic aspect of this concept pertains to the clarification of the ontological category serving as the foundation for verification relations. Difficulties arise when attempting to adapt Geach’s theory to contemporary perspectives that consider states of affairs as the ontological basis for the semantics under consideration. The epistemology employed by the British philosopher relies on the subject-object relationship, akin to God’s causal connection to reality, rather than states of affairs.

This text examines the topic of truthmakers in the philosophy of Peter Thomas Geach, presenting a reconstruction of Geach’s concept and critically analyzing it. The focus is on the connection between mental representations of perceived objects, their linguistic reflection and reality. Additionally, the text explores the concept of God’s causality in St. Thomas Aquinas’ philosophy and compares it with Geach’s approach, highlighting their distinctive features. A formal representation of this relationship is then provided. The central thesis of this theory posits the identification of God with Truth, which allows for the understanding of the verification relationship through the term “voluntaristic causation”. Consequently, following Thomas Aquinas’ proposed terminology, God is categorized as one of the entia actu intelligibilia. However, Geach’s concept lacks in-depth analysis of the matter of person. Another problematic aspect of this concept pertains to the clarification of the ontological category serving as the foundation for verification relations. Difficulties arise when attempting to adapt Geach’s theory to contemporary perspectives that consider states of affairs as the ontological basis for the semantics under consideration. The epistemology employed by the British philosopher relies on the subject-object relationship, akin to God’s causal connection to reality, rather than states of affairs.

This text examines the topic of truthmakers in the philosophy of Peter Thomas Geach, presenting a reconstruction of Geach’s concept and critically analyzing it. The focus is on the connection between mental representations of perceived objects, their linguistic reflection and reality. Additionally, the text explores the concept of God’s causality in St. Thomas Aquinas’ philosophy and compares it with Geach’s approach, highlighting their distinctive features. A formal representation of this relationship is then provided. The central thesis of this theory posits the identification of God with Truth, which allows for the understanding of the verification relationship through the term “voluntaristic causation”. Consequently, following Thomas Aquinas’ proposed terminology, God is categorized as one of the entia actu intelligibilia. However, Geach’s concept lacks in-depth analysis of the matter of person. Another problematic aspect of this concept pertains to the clarification of the ontological category serving as the foundation for verification relations. Difficulties arise when attempting to adapt Geach’s theory to contemporary perspectives that consider states of affairs as the ontological basis for the semantics under consideration. The epistemology employed by the British philosopher relies on the subject-object relationship, akin to God’s causal connection to reality, rather than states of affairs.

W niniejszym tekście podejmujemy problematykę uprawdziwiaczy w filozofii Petera Thomasa Geacha. Praca stanowi rekonstrukcję wspomnianej koncepcji, jak również jej krytyczną analizę. Analizuje się związek między reprezentacjami mentalnymi poznawanych przedmiotów a ich odzwierciedleniem językowym oraz rzeczywistością. Prezentujemy omówienie relacji sprawczości Boga w ujęciu św. Tomasza z Akwinu oraz porównanie jej cech charakterystycznych z podejściem prezentowanym przez Geacha. Następnie dokonujemy formalnego jej zapisu.Fundamentalną tezą przedstawianej teorii jest utożsamienie Boga z Prawdą, dzięki czemu możliwe staje się określenie relacji uprawdziwiania za pomocą wyrażenia „woluntarystyczny kauzalizm”. Stąd też — korzystając z terminologii zaproponowanej przez Tomasza z Akwinu — Bóg zostaje zaklasyfikowany w obręb bytów nazywanych entia actu intelligibilia. Brak jednak w obrębie koncepcji autorstwa Geacha szczegółowych analiz dotyczących problematyki osoby.Kolejnym problematycznym elementem tej koncepcji jest doprecyzowanie kategorii ontologicznej, uznawanej za podstawę relacji uprawdziwiania. Wykazujemy trudności z dostosowaniem teorii Geacha do współczesnych stanowisk, które ujmują stan rzeczy jako ontologiczną podstawę rozważanej semantyki. Epistemologia używana przez brytyjskiego filozofa opiera się na relacji podmiot-przedmiot, a nie na stanach rzeczy, podobnie jak odniesienie przyczynowe Boga względem rzeczywistości.

This text examines the topic of truthmakers in the philosophy of Peter Thomas Geach, presenting a reconstruction of Geach’s concept and critically analyzing it. The focus is on the connection between mental representations of perceived objects, their linguistic reflection and reality. Additionally, the text explores the concept of God’s causality in St. Thomas Aquinas’ philosophy and compares it with Geach’s approach, highlighting their distinctive features. A formal representation of this relationship is then provided. The central thesis of this theory posits the identification of God with Truth, which allows for the understanding of the verification relationship through the term “voluntaristic causation”. Consequently, following Thomas Aquinas’ proposed terminology, God is categorized as one of the entia actu intelligibilia. However, Geach’s concept lacks in-depth analysis of the matter of person. Another problematic aspect of this concept pertains to the clarification of the ontological category serving as the foundation for verification relations. Difficulties arise when attempting to adapt Geach’s theory to contemporary perspectives that consider states of affairs as the ontological basis for the semantics under consideration. The epistemology employed by the British philosopher relies on the subject-object relationship, akin to God’s causal connection to reality, rather than states of affairs.