Speak now or forever hold your peace.

I got the rough draft of my paper back from Dr. Korcz. I believed my argument against the existence of possible worlds other than our own was brilliant, but I now see that my argument needs quite a bit of refinement. This is going to require a lot of thought. But I’m not giving up; [...]

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retraction re: absolutism/relativism

David (of the relativism v. absolutism about truth controversy) let me know yesterday that he does not have a problem with absolutism after all. The confusstion arose from the misunderstanding of what it is that distinguishes absolutist theories from relativist theories of truth. A theory of truth is absolutist just in case it characterizes truth [...]

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more relativism/absolutism

This is continued from Tuesday the 18th. This is just a light and informal way for me to explore philosophical concepts in a casual way. I hope readers will be intrigued and ask questions so we can dig more deeply into these issues. It will be good practice for me. Some people think these issues [...]

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Relativism or Absolutism about truth?

Today a metaphysics classroom lecture became a classroom discussion which became a post-class debate. During the lecture we were looking at arguments for and against the possibility that truth is relative. Relativism about truth is the position that truth is dependent on some perspective. Absolutism about truth is the position that truth is independent of [...]

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