"is truth subjectivity"the same as truth is relative?

Answer 1

Yes. It means the same thing.

Answer 2

Sort of. As others have pointed out, sometimes these terms are easier to get a grip on as opposites.

The opposite of a 'subjective truth' is an objective one. Something would be objective if it would be the same for anyone in the same conditions. So, for example, the speed of light in a vacuum. Anyone in that environment and using those terms will get the same result.

A subjective truth may change from observer to observer. For example, I find this answer to your question to be reasonable and understandable. You might not, however. And a third person may have his own opinion. Whether or not this answer is understandable, therefore, is subjective.

Now this is entirely different from being relative. Something is relative if it REQUIRES a basis for comparison. An excellent example of this is the adjective 'good'. Is a bowl of beans good? That question is meaningless without more information: good FOR what or good COMPARED TO what? If you're hungry, a bowl of beans is very good indeed (but maybe not as good as a nice steak). If you need to change a light bulb, a bowl of beans is probably worse than useless.

So to return to my subjective example you can see how it is NOT relative even though it IS subjective. My answer to your question is either understandable or not and you don't need other answers to figure out if this is the case. But for it to be the best (a relative quality), there has to be other answers - you can't be the best of something that only includes you (even if you can, it's pointless... no information is gained).

Hope that helps in every sense!

Answer 3

I would say that "subjective" truth is the same as "relative" truth, as both refer to a perspective approach to the world around you and how its functioning is perceived....

Yes I do believe that the truth is to an extent relative...though some truths will always be true( such as how gravity works, true for romans, true today...)

Answer 4

The truth is subject to what is actual, real. That is what makes the truth.

Relative is how the truth relates to its observers or events other than the truth itself.

I would like to put it better, but I am not sure how to word it. We need a philosopher for this.

Answer 5

almost but no.

subjective vs objective

relative vs absolute

a value could be absolute and subjective, also it could be objective and relative.

absolute and relative are inherent in the value, while subjective and objective is how we percieve it.

for example take aesthetics
if you say someone is pretty, is that absolute or relative?
subjective or objective?
obviously that is a subjective statement because different people have different parameters for beauty. but i dont think this statement is relative because it depends on certain parameters,if met then a person is pretty.

i think there is a difference between the two.