Katie H- The Existence Of Truth
In a recent blog post by Jacob Ham on the discussion of logos and mythos he stated "knowledge about the natural world is only ever true or false, rather than existing on a scale of truthiness different to each individual. In order for logos knowledge to be true knowledge, one must accept narratives about the scientific method, the ability for logic to arrive at "truth", and others regarding a person's ability to have knowledge"
the argument that true knowledge is inherently flawed as truth is subjective. the "truth" as it is colloquially used is not grounded in much and therefore can be described with the perspective of the person saying that something is "true". a good example is the image of 2 people looking at a number on the floor. the people are standing opposite each other and one says 9 and thee other says 6. Neither are wrong because from their perspective the statement is true. the same idea can be used in religion, as all believers of a specific religion believe their sacred text to be true, but other religions disagree. While much of Ham's post I can understand, the idea of a singular "truth" is incorrect and must be adjusted. there is not a thing on this planet that is 100% true or false. the natural world is no exception.
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