RE: A question for those who believe truth is not absolute
June 1, 2016 at 1:53 pm
(This post was last modified: June 1, 2016 at 1:56 pm by robvalue.)
We'd have to be using "truth" in two different senses. We'd need the sense for the statement we are making, in that we are implying it is true; and then we'd need to redefine what "relative truth" actually means in a way that doesn't directly reference regular truth.
I'm not saying it can be done in a useful way, or what it would mean if you accomplished it; I'm just thinking of a workaround, so the statements "truth is relative" could be meaningful.
Looking at it another way: can it be that something is true, but it cannot be coherently displayed as a true statement without causing a paradox? In a similar way that some things can be true but can't be proven true, in abstract systems.
I'm not saying it can be done in a useful way, or what it would mean if you accomplished it; I'm just thinking of a workaround, so the statements "truth is relative" could be meaningful.
Looking at it another way: can it be that something is true, but it cannot be coherently displayed as a true statement without causing a paradox? In a similar way that some things can be true but can't be proven true, in abstract systems.
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