(Based on what you believe and how you live your day to day life.)
2007-08-27 06:55:56 · 9 answers · asked by TRV 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Truth is objective and absolute. Opinion is subjective - including opinions about what constitutes the truth!
2007-08-27 07:02:57 · answer #1 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Truth is objective. It exists w/o being perceived. When the tree falls in the forest it still makes a sound and causes an effect whether or not anyone is there to hear it or see it. But truth is also relative to the information known at the time and the equipment available with which to perceive it (which provides the information). It is neither knowing nor believing. No one can ever be certain of anything. That's why religions exist, to provide the security of certainty. Facts are always more important than opinions in the pursuit of the truth as long as they are relevant and true facts. Reality is objective but it can only be perceived subjectively. Our belief systems form a filter through which we perceive "factual" reality. Perception is in the mind not the senses. The mind is an organ used to sense reality. Knowledge must be found before wisdom can be attained.
2016-05-19 02:27:37 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scientifically speaking, it's subjective, since whenever we observe something, we influence, even if only at the quantum level.
More practically though, "truth" as a concept really doesn't have value. Truth should be provable beyond any thing that could overturn it or deny it - but science is overturning old "truths" about the world every day, and philosophy shows that we can't even conclusively prove our own existance. Everything is relative, and we make value judgements based on our circumstances, point of view, and background.
2007-08-27 07:09:14 · answer #3 · answered by dead_elves 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a very post-modern question.
For me, Truth is objective. If not, then we cannot declare that anything is wrong. For the murderer, the truth might be that it's OK to kill someone. If Truth or Right, is subjective, then how could anyone take issue with the terrors of the world? Hitler, al Qaeda, any kind of ethnic cleansing, etc.
2007-08-27 07:27:28 · answer #4 · answered by Elissa 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is as much a linguistic problem as anything else.
Nowadays "truth" is often taken to be that which corresponds to reality, beyond all opinions, propaganda and subjective feelings. "I was sure the gun wasn't loaded" is overruled by the fact, the truth, that it was.
But for some people there is a personal usage: "true for me"
Which suggests that each person lives in their own universe.
"You may believe in Christianity but it's not true for me."
This sits in almost total contradiction to the first sense.
Historically, it was somewhere between the two!
What was true was "troth", what you would swear to in court.
But in that context the assertion went beyond that your opinion was honest, though it wasn't quite to the idea of an objectivity independent of personal conviction.
2007-08-27 07:26:55 · answer #5 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
According to my encyclopedia - objective. Since we're all subjective regarding our understanding of truth, it doesn't quite matter.
2007-08-27 07:05:04 · answer #6 · answered by Maria - Godmother II of the AM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Truth is what is. Your perception of what is is subjective, but doesn't change the absolute nature of truth. It's like color blindness. The real color is always there, just the true perception of it is what is wrong.
2007-08-27 07:04:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Truth is not subjective. What is true is truth, what isn't truth can't be called "truth" just because someone wants it to be truth.
2007-08-27 07:13:13 · answer #8 · answered by Jess H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Outside of pure math and pure deductive logic, everthing else is relative.
2007-08-27 07:11:54 · answer #9 · answered by wondermus 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋