Difference between revisions of "Truth"

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Context

• Truth has been the subject of Epistemology and philosophers for thousands of years.
• The original Western Philosophical traditions start by Thales looked for Truth is the natural philosophy of reality.
• By the time of Plato the search for truth had turned into the anthropomorphic search for human knowledge. A very different subject.

Problem

• Tim Rice captured the heart of the problem in Jesus Christ Superstar:

 [JESUS]
 I look for truth, and find that I get damned

 [PILATE]
 But what is truth? Is truth unchanging law?
 We both have truths - are mine the same as yours?

Solution

1. Go back to the original Greek philosophers and seek Information that is in concert with reality irrespective of any human endeavor.