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Subject: [OM] Re: composition and how it changes perceived meaning of a photo
From: Peter Leyssens <peterleyssens@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 15:10:13 +0200
>>Therefore neither truth nor the non-existence of truth can prevail?
>>The problem is in the 'absolute'. There is also relative truth - the  
>>idea that something can be true at a particular time or in a  
>>particular context. There is 'best fit' - 'this theory best explains  
>>the problem at this point.'
>>Subjectivity has no place in logic unless you enjoy solipcism.
>>The idea of truth is a useful tho' unreliable social construct.
> 
> But showing that the existence of truth cannot be proved does not prove that 
> truth does not or cannot exist, it merely proves that we have no way of 
> knowing whether truth exists or not...
> Nor can we prove that we know that we know anything? The end result is faith 
> in something or other.

And since you're trying to prove the existence of truth using rational 
means, and failing, might also imply that your tool (rational thinking) 
is inadequate.


-- 
Peter Leyssens


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