RE: Why atheism cannot escape absolute truth
October 7, 2015 at 12:07 am
(This post was last modified: October 7, 2015 at 12:08 am by Losty.)
(October 6, 2015 at 11:35 pm)Delicate Wrote:(October 6, 2015 at 5:02 am)Pandæmonium Wrote: So what is this objective truth, and why is not viewed objectively? Or indeed universally? Or indeed at all?
It is viewed objectively. It might not be apprehended or accepted universally, but then again objective and universal are not the same thing.
Examples include scientific and mathematical truths, other true claims about reality that are true independent of how one feels about them.
But something that is objective need not be viewed universally because just because something is true independent of your feelings about it, doesn't mean everyone should know it universally.
(October 6, 2015 at 11:09 am)Evie Wrote: I don't know where you said that? I missed that.
Truth that isn't objective? News to me. If it's not objective it seems kind of pointless calling it 'truth' to me
Subjective truths are those truths whose truth values depend on what people think, or feel, or experience. Claims like "Vanilla ice-cream is delicious" are subjectively true.
If a truth is only true subjectively, one could argue that it isn't really true at all.
Perhaps there is no truth.
