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Originally posted by disectamac: But isn't absolute truth subject to ones perception and interpretation? |
Sure, in fact that's what perceptive truth is. It's like I said that I'm a man-whore... wait, that's patently false. Er...
The trick is being able to define something in an absolute setting - everything we know is through our perceptions.
If I close my eyes, does everything go away around me because I do not percieve it anymore? Actually, there is a philosophical line of thought (I forget the philosopher's name) that believes that all reality was perception.
Think if we were in a computer program - it would be possible that nothing that we percieved existed to begin with, just electronic pulses between synopsis in our brain. That doesn't change the fact that there is something that exists, namely the perceiver.
Now, think about this: let's assume that there is no such thing as absolute truth. Therefore, the statement that "I am holding a rock" cannot be true or false, as there is no such thing as absolute truth. But that logically doesn't make any sense! I'm either holding the rock or I'm not- it's a tautology. Depending on your reference point, it may appear that I am or am not holding the rock, but that doesn't change the fact that I am or am not holding the rock.
Another fun statement: "There are no absolutes." Well, that's an absolute statement, so that's a contradiction. Therefore, there must be some absolute truth... perhaps just that the statement that "there is absolute truth" is true, but absolute truth must exist nonetheless.
Game on

Matt Fahrenbacher
