Again very nice - could write my signature under it and at the same time discuss and question some of the assumptions and statements.
Beginning with the contradiction that truth absolutely exists and at the same time "We respect the truths of others". Either we have to define truth/truths or respect in more specific wording. Hard to escape Wittgenstein's prison of language.
I can find a line of attack against the statement that Truth exists. Quantum reality, Heisenberg's principle of uncertainty, collapse of the wave function. The truth is probability! That's why it makes so much sense to play poker.
Naahh that’s Einstein mistake. To think that Truth = determinism, mechanistic universe etc. Truth = reality… If quantum reality seems not make sense to our macroscopic quantum-collapsed intuitions, that’s our problem, not reality’s!
Nice comeback. That's exactly what was Christ arguing about with Pontius Pilate - relativisation of the truth. Bad thing that quantum mechanics was discovered shortly after relativity which took over the thinking of 20th century.
But another thing comes to mind mentioning discovering the truth. Is mathematics discovered or invented?
Yeah. In the end reality wins. Truth is not relative, facts are not matters of interpretation. Opinions and interpretations, sure, are matters of interpretation.
If we're going biblical, a great passage is St. Paul in 1 Thessalonians 5:21-22: "Test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good. Stay away from that which is bad." All knowledge is provisional, even if the ultimate (unreachable yet approachable) truth is not!
Mathematics... Great question... I might have to write about it in some future article :-)
Again very nice - could write my signature under it and at the same time discuss and question some of the assumptions and statements.
Beginning with the contradiction that truth absolutely exists and at the same time "We respect the truths of others". Either we have to define truth/truths or respect in more specific wording. Hard to escape Wittgenstein's prison of language.
My friend great catch! I had actually changed that second “truths” for “beliefs” but I guess not in this version!!!
I'll edit the article… thanks again
To be clear: my premise is that Truth exists and is objective, clear, a layer of reality we can't access but can get closer to.
So yeah, “personal truths” make no sense for me.
I can find a line of attack against the statement that Truth exists. Quantum reality, Heisenberg's principle of uncertainty, collapse of the wave function. The truth is probability! That's why it makes so much sense to play poker.
Naahh that’s Einstein mistake. To think that Truth = determinism, mechanistic universe etc. Truth = reality… If quantum reality seems not make sense to our macroscopic quantum-collapsed intuitions, that’s our problem, not reality’s!
Nice comeback. That's exactly what was Christ arguing about with Pontius Pilate - relativisation of the truth. Bad thing that quantum mechanics was discovered shortly after relativity which took over the thinking of 20th century.
But another thing comes to mind mentioning discovering the truth. Is mathematics discovered or invented?
Yeah. In the end reality wins. Truth is not relative, facts are not matters of interpretation. Opinions and interpretations, sure, are matters of interpretation.
If we're going biblical, a great passage is St. Paul in 1 Thessalonians 5:21-22: "Test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good. Stay away from that which is bad." All knowledge is provisional, even if the ultimate (unreachable yet approachable) truth is not!
Mathematics... Great question... I might have to write about it in some future article :-)