"Context is all", Margaret Atwood
2007-11-25 10:13:18 · 13 answers · asked by Ashley D 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
"Truth" is IN the context. Nothing stands alone.
"...the context is the entire field of a mind's awareness or knowledge at any level of its cognitive development."
2007-11-25 14:51:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The very fact that there is an ongoing argument about the existence of absolute truth proves that there is no absolute truth. For anything to be true, everyone must agree on the premise and the statement. Past that, everyone sees everything in their own context.
2007-11-25 18:59:06 · answer #2 · answered by keith f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the world is real, so therefore, I believe there is truth. Because the universe is so big in comparison to us, it is often difficult to comprehend the truth, so often we have to settle for approximations of what is true.
I do not understand the quotation because it lacks context. However, I do not think it is an argument that there is no truth.
2007-11-25 18:36:28 · answer #3 · answered by Seosamh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is True and there is False. The word "Truth", is almost like a religious concept. It seems to have taken on the singular meaning of "all encompassing", and that there is nothing more beyond that. That is false. If you find a true fact it does not mean that you stop there, It simply means that you keep going and find more. There are Truths.
2007-11-25 18:49:44 · answer #4 · answered by phil8656 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are some truth, like 2 plus 2 is 4, or That all men were created equal.
2007-11-25 18:18:27 · answer #5 · answered by jiahua448 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is at very reticulate instances. The state of the uncompromising physical reality is the truth from which all context unfurls.
2007-11-25 20:35:06 · answer #6 · answered by Qyn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Because somewhere, somehow the truth really exsists--It's just.. you aren't always able to prove if somone telling the truth or not.--so there IS TRUTH....because it's impossible for there not to be. But that doesn't mean it dosen't exsist. --Everything can't be context.
2007-11-25 18:49:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i can c where ppl would get that idea, but no. i could take a cookie 4m the cookie jar, eat it and say i didnt, but the truth is, i did. no contexting would change that. the bigger truths of the world r like that
2007-11-25 18:18:22 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think there are some truths, which cant be proven false, but most concepts , such as universal truths , dont exist, they are not truths in all circumstances, for all people , so yes context is very important,
2007-11-25 18:27:25 · answer #9 · answered by dlin333 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mothers do not murder and eat their own children. two plus two never equals five. outer space is not full of water.
the world is full of truths. some of them are inconvenient, and people will stop at nothing to ignore them.
2007-11-25 18:58:45 · answer #10 · answered by synopsis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋