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By: Titus-Armand

Titus-Armand — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:15:13 +0000

Thank you for you appreciation, Evan!

The most tricky thing with truth is that the more one tries to reach it, define it and give it a shape, the further away it gets from it.
There are, of course, many defined types of truth, but for the purpose of this blog it is of little use to go into those details.

PS: For the purpose of this post, truth was defined as “that which accords with reality.”

By: Titus-Armand

Titus-Armand — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:15:00 +0000

Thank you for you appreciation, Evan!

PS: For the purpose of this post, truth was defined as “that which accords with reality.”

By: ZHereford

ZHereford — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:30:14 +0000

Hey Armand, I guess it all depends again on what you mean by “truth”. Is truth an entity independent of anything else?
Or is it our collective observation of what is?

By: ZHereford

ZHereford — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:30:00 +0000

Hey Armand, I guess it all depends again on what you mean by “truth”. Is truth an entity independent of anything else?
Or is it our collective observation of what is?

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:20:13 +0000

As you say truth matters – it is our link to reality.

And truth is not a matter of majority or minority opinion.

But then it gets tricky. Scientific ‘truths’ (if it is possible to have this in a method that claims to be open to the future and learn ever more – Kierkegaard thought not) are expressed as statistics (probabilities).

The question becomes how truth is arrived at, recognised and disseminated. This brings in all the complications of democracy.

Thanks for a great post on a very important subject.

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:20:00 +0000

As you say truth matters – it is our link to reality.

And truth is not a matter of majority or minority opinion.

The question becomes how truth is arrived at, recognised and disseminated. This brings in all the complications of democracy.

Thanks for a great post on a very important subject.