But is this absolutely true?
I read the clever answer to this question posed by Bob Enyart in discussing the Euthyphro Dilemma (a subject brought to my attention by a valuable visitor to this site).
Reading these discussions has provided me with a new perspective on how I think about matters spiritual. It has no dampening effect, rather it provides an opportunity to test (through others) the values I hold. It is an examination, a proving, of what I hold dear.
I consider the thinking to be a worthwhile endeavour.
3 comments
Roy
January 3, 2012 at 7:35 pm (UTC 8)
From http://forums.philosophyforums.com/threads/there-is-no-absolute-truth-11992.html:
“There are no absolute truths” is an acceptable stement that makes a claim to truth as strong as any claim to truth can be – which is not absolute!
Monsignor
January 5, 2012 at 4:02 pm (UTC 8)
Ha, ha back from holidays
Actually it was more the word play here that interested me, which is why I posted it. In my view there aren’t actual degrees of truth. Something is either true, or it is not. As an example we have the figure-of-speech “very true”, which I consider to be an oxymoron. I see “absolute truth” as the same.
Roy
January 7, 2012 at 2:34 pm (UTC 8)
Ah, ok. Bob Enyart used the paradox to argue that absolute truth and (by way of conflation) “absolute right and wrong” must exist. My comment was mainly in response to that, because I don’t think it’s a valid argument.