(June 5, 2016 at 9:24 am)SteveII Wrote:(June 5, 2016 at 9:15 am)mh.brewer Wrote: So both "the book is on the table" and "sun always rises" are conditional, therefore subjective, therefore relative. "on" in your statement is the qualifier.
Wow. How did you come to that conclusion? "On" can be verified as either true or not true. "Always" cannot. Setting aside the fact that the sun does not rise in relation to the earth, we know that the earth did not "always" experience a sunrise. What about before the earth, the solar system, the galaxy? What about the future? We know that the sun will eventually burn out--no sunrise then. So no, truth is not subjective nor relative.
"On" is conditional upon gravity. Is there an "on" in zero gravity/zero force application? "On" is conditional upon the substance of the table and book. What you previously considered true was conditional, subjective and relative.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
