In discussions there’s always people who argue that what they are saying or their arguments are the only truths and that all the others arguments are wrong. Also there is some people who think that they are always right, they don’t make mistakes, so their truth is the only one correct. Some other people think that they have so much knowledge and experience that they can’t be possibly mistaken. This kind of people couldn’t be more mistaken, if I have learned something in the past week is that there is no such thing as an absolute truth. The truth is something relative; this means that each and every person has its own personal truth, so what this is telling us that everyone in their own different way of reasoning and analyzing things find their own personal truth. For example for Astronomy a star in a giant supernova that is thousand of light years far from us, but to Art or Poetry a star is a small, beautiful round thing that supply of us light in the darkness.
I’ve got to be honest until about a week ago I thought that truth were universal or absolute, but since I’ve read this chapter I’ve realized that I was wrong that truths are relative, so it depends on our own point of view. This kind of thinking is called relativist, which means that you believe in relative truths not in absolute truths. So in conclusion everyone lives in their own “world” of truths that vary a lot depending on your culture, religion, ethnicity, etc.
I’ve got to be honest until about a week ago I thought that truth were universal or absolute, but since I’ve read this chapter I’ve realized that I was wrong that truths are relative, so it depends on our own point of view. This kind of thinking is called relativist, which means that you believe in relative truths not in absolute truths. So in conclusion everyone lives in their own “world” of truths that vary a lot depending on your culture, religion, ethnicity, etc.
Your post is well thought, but i think you can add the experience as a way of knowledge because when you pass through something you get knowledge and pobably is one of the best options you can have to learn something.
ResponderEliminarwhat i liked is that you say that pople thinks they know everything and have the reason without arguments and that is a complete truth.
I couldn't agree more. Everyone has their own point of view, depending on their culture and beliefs. I like the way you compare poetical and scientific points of view when talking about a star. That's exactly the way I think: no matter how it is described, it will never cease to be the same.
ResponderEliminarHopefully those people you talk about that think they just know way too much and cannot possibly be mistaken will reconsider and start looking for "better" truths.