RE: A question for those who believe truth is not absolute
May 29, 2016 at 8:03 am
(This post was last modified: May 29, 2016 at 8:04 am by bennyboy.)
(May 29, 2016 at 7:11 am)Irrational Wrote: To those where who believe truth is relative:
When someone throws at you the question "Is it the absolute truth that truth is relative?", how do you respond to that? I have read some attempts on other sites but they seem too complicated for me to understand their point. So explain to me like I'm five, what is unreasonable about the question itself?
Is it true that a pebble is big? Yes, to an ant. No, to a person. It is absolutely true that a pebble is big to an ant, and small to a person.
But when you say, "THE truth," the question is begged and done-- if there is a single truth, an archetypal, capital-T "Truth," it must be absolute. If there are many truths, then some may be absolute and some relative. So I'd say that it is an absolute truth that some truths may be relative.
Trying to conflate logical equivocations is like trying to herd cats. But the real question is this-- should I spend my time trying to herd cats?
