To subscribe to this blog's RSS feed, just click the link below.
Full Blog RSS: http://www.gpofr.com/portal/blog7rss.aspxRegarding Truth
Sun, 18 Dec 2011 07:42:01 GMT
Today's blog is not about my current research into the RR framework which is still ongoing, but based on something that got my juices flowing on subject matter that is so innate to me that I usually take it for granted.
Just yesterday I wrote a paper on the subject of truth. I was inspired based on an email discussion that was demonstrating to me that my own understanding of knowledge was not as common as I innately thought, so I decided to formulate it. This really isn't new, but I believe it's useful for people to understand not only what truth is, but how I also think, which understandably can be frustrating to those that know me.
(Sorry, but this paper cannot be currently shared - hopefully soon)
My only hope is that this paper shows that any philosophical or scientific truth is based on prior knowledge which is prone to error at it's most fundamental level having hierarchical repercussions. If we decide to impose any worldview or philosophy, than we limit ourselves. The bottom line is we know nothing and anyone who states they do, who use conclusive statements for or against, must be questioned, unless they say they just "believe" in a certain dogma. I believe probabilistic verbatim should rule peoples language because it enforces that everything we know is only a probability. For example, I believe in God, and can make an explicitly logical case for the existence of such an entity, but I'd be wrong to just insist he exists or not.
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
~Socrates(470 BC-399 BC), Apology by Plato
Robert L. DeMelo (www.gpofr.com) Copyright 2007, 2008, 2009
...