Posted: May 09, 2014 3:49 pm
Mick wrote:Um, no. It becomes more than an assertion, but it is still an assertion, since it asserts something to be true (or false). No proposition expressing a fact can fail to be assertoric--this is tautologous.
Asserting that something is true or false without evidence to back it up, is an assertion.
Once the evidence is known, the assertion of true or false simply becomes a statement that something is true or false.
You can make an assertion about something which is actually factually correct, but do so without knowing the facts. You can assert something is "true" without actually having a scooby whether it is or not. However, once the facts are known, the assertion ceases to be an assertion.
TLDR - do try to keep up Mick.