what is Truth?

Discussion in 'General Philosophy' started by NMSquirrel, Sep 29, 2009.

  1. thinking Banned Banned

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    why so ?
     
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  3. krazedkat IQ of "Highly Gifted"-"Genius" Registered Senior Member

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    A fact is something that is liable, the truth is specifically one thing.
     
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  5. thinking Banned Banned

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    give an example



    such as without the liquid we call water , for a month , we will die , for instance

    let alone the BIGGER picture
     
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  7. krazedkat IQ of "Highly Gifted"-"Genius" Registered Senior Member

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    It's a fact that smoking can cause cancer
    HOWEVER it's also a fact that it doesn't always cause cancer.
     
  8. thinking Banned Banned

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    so then this is a truth
     
  9. krazedkat IQ of "Highly Gifted"-"Genius" Registered Senior Member

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    the specific truth would be that it can cause cancer.
     
  10. thinking Banned Banned

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    okay

    so then a specfic truth would be that without water , for a month , you would die then

    true ?
     
  11. Pipes75 Registered Senior Member

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    Actually, we are mostly made up of water. So yes water is essential for our physical being to continue living, but I see a bigger picture in your example:

    The way I see it is without 'fire' we would freeze and without 'ice' we would boil into nothing.

    Ain't it nice we got the sun to keep us warm in this cold space!
    We need both to stay living - water without heat is ice, and water with too much heat boils.

    The truth always has more then one side, so balance is essential for everything

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  12. thinking Banned Banned

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    except when it comes to the Universe

    that energy/matter is infinite in its existence , hence a truth , a Universal truth , which has nothing to do with balance

    and the balance is a truth , for living forums
     
  13. NMSquirrel OCD ADHD THC IMO UR12 Valued Senior Member

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    really? or is there so much of it it seems infinite?......
     
  14. thinking Banned Banned

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    it has nothing to with how much , as it does that without energy/matter being infinite , you would conclude that at some point you end up with an absolute nothing situation

    and then the problem is that , how do you get something from absolute nothing ?

    you can't , no matter how you look at it

    hence energy/matter is infinite in its existence
     
  15. glaucon tending tangentially Registered Senior Member

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    Mod Hat:

    You guys do realize that you could talk about various specific instantiations of purported "truth" forever correct?

    The topic at hand is not particular truths, but rather the concept of Truth itself.

    Do try to get back on topic before I have to shut this thread down.

     
  16. Bishadi Banned Banned

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    is 'truth' what is equal to all?

    objective yet fact...?!?
     
  17. NMSquirrel OCD ADHD THC IMO UR12 Valued Senior Member

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    you really know how to spoil a party...
     
  18. glaucon tending tangentially Registered Senior Member

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    Go somewhere else for a party... because this isn't the place.
     
  19. NMSquirrel OCD ADHD THC IMO UR12 Valued Senior Member

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    considering you didn't start this thread..but you have seem to take it over and dictate what is acceptable or not..
     
  20. glaucon tending tangentially Registered Senior Member

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    ????

    I'm the Mod of this subforum; I always dictate what is and isn't acceptable.
     
  21. thinking Banned Banned

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    explain fully both questions
     
  22. Bishadi Banned Banned

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    is truth equal to all?

    kind of self explanitory. i breath, do you? check


    subjective yet fact.......

    that was my question, as i see it as "I breath, do you? check

    to a progression; i need oxygen for metabolic processes, do you? check

    subjective to evolve yet equal to all; be truth

    that means, if each know different levels of 'truth' then each can relate

    nothing suggests a bias, just truth
     
  23. thinking Banned Banned

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    yes

    but not the full truth

    for example , social interactions by Humans , from the simplest to the complex , tend , at times , to get in the way




    why subjective , that we both breath ?

    in what sense is breathing subjective ?
     

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