And do we have the ability to justify ourselves? Or do we have to be justified by others? Basically, do we define our own reality, or does reality define us? For example: someone brought this up in an earlier question I posted (and I apologize if my questions all seem like I'm asking the same thing, but I'm trying to get to an answer for a research paper) For example: say a person is autistic. If that person in their own mind believes they are not autistic, but actually has a different way of seeing reality that the rest of society doesn't, how can society be justified rather than the individual? If I am but merely one person, a minority in comparision to the majority, where in a society, majority makes the justification of "truth" and "fact", then who is right? Does external sources justify what is "truth" or can we know "truth" within ourselves if we can't have justification of what we believe to be "true"?
2006-10-25
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