What is driving your pursuit of the truth?
- Thread starter greenberg
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Ya that's what I meant(I need to install firefox(spellcheck) on my work laptop).
Pursuing is the best we can do and the OP implies that by using the word "pursuit".
Pursuing is the best we can do and the OP implies that by using the word "pursuit".
that "nothing is true" is true then?
There are no truths, only interpretations (perspectives).
define perspective
1. I'm not interested in truths, but am more interested in understanding how the universe works.
2. Knowledge and understanding of how the universe works is justification in itself. There is no right or wrong in gaining understanding, but may be in how it is used.
Aah. Very good; my misinterpretation.
Admittedly, to go backwards and restart the discussion would be labourious, but the assumption does entail significantly, so it should at least be recognized.
doesn't change anything
if I say there is no such thing as X only Y, I am saying that Y is true
so it's true that there are only perspectives?
No contradiction here: nietzschefan had already differentiated "perspective" from 'truth'. There is no claim that a perspective qualifies as true, merely that perspectives are existent.
It does indeed.
Only if one has established that X and Y are contraries and that teh relationship must be mutually exclusive.
so its a case of it being true that existent things aren't true?
(the plot thickens ....)
so its a case of it being true that existent things aren't true?
(the plot thickens ....)
???
Simply because one denies that oranges exist, does not necessarily imply that all fruit are apples.
yes
alternatively it could be true that X=Y
And it could also be true that there is a disjunctive relationship: there are either Y's or X's.
I just want god to give me an A
???
This is exactly the problem I've pointed out.
You are assuming that there is an objective 'reality'........
what else can I assume?
Ideally, nothing.
However....
There are a multitude of possibilities....
Reality is entirely determined by you.
Reality is shared by all, but not beyond that extent.
Reality is particular to one mind, but not yours........ etc, etc.
