Are all opinions valid?

Question

Don't give exemples like "the earth is not flat , although people though that in the past" cause that's not an opinion , but a fact can't be refuted.I'm talking about "ways of thinking" : are all true or coherent?

Answer 1

No,all opinions are not valid. Each person has the right to have an opinion, but that does not make the opinion valid in itself.

Answer 2

There are no opinions without the one who as and owns it and there are as many opinions as there are individuals holding these opinions. They are all right and felt as valid as long the opinion belongs to the viewer, they will be felt as wrong when they are different and belonging to some one else. All opinions are integrated part of ones personality and because these are ones property and giving the feeling of existence, so these opinions must be defended against other opinions which are different. So giving the opportunity to establish a common game, which gives a certain satisfaction to all participants with their various opinions, fighting against each other or confirming each other.
BeiYin
PS: So what one can do about it? Continuing with the game and when one becomes tired of it then one can have a critical look and ask oneself some questions, then maybe recognizing ones game or at least amplifying ones opinion and seeing the similarity in other different opinions and understanding that they all are valid for the one who has and owns them... And then maybe doing a step beyond?

Answer 3

There is a difference between opinion, truth and validity.

In traditional and formal logic any argument where the premises support the conclusion is a valid argument. This is not however, the same as saying that it is true in ALL circumstamces.
Truth has a relationship with the validity of arguments, but opinions are something different altogether. An opinion is little more than an untested premise.

Answer 4

The climate of opinion that we have today is a fruit of centuries of human efforts and intellectual activity. The world of knowledge has seen many revolutions where huge shits in paradigm has take place, and it has never been easy ride along the ways lead up to this day. And for many centuries before that, it was impossible to question the established opinions of Aristotle, for instance, to call to question the means of his deductive logic for inquiry. But with the rebirth of knowledge in the renaissance period new voices appeared out the darkness of ages to question the validity of ancient intellectual beliefs, new approaches emerged to investigate into the nature of all things through methods of induction, for instance, to replace the old and the obsolete. In my opinion, therefore, if there is something invalid in the world than that would be the opinion to invalidate any opinion.

Everyone is entitled to have an opinion or is encouraged to form one. But opinions are often personal judgments to induce the power of a closed thinking in the mind. Therefore if ever there is going to be society where right people to have an opinion is held as a value, the correctness of those opinions, therefore, is to be openly debated, if and when needed, in wider public forums, like the one we have here.

Answer 5

Validity is a formal element, showing that one proposition follows from another, and is necessary for, but not sufficient for, truth. Truth requires that an argument be valid and proceed from true inititial statements.

I'm assuming what you want is to know if we think all opinions have equal value. Opinion is generally derived from a set of beliefs, and is thus only as trustworthy as those beliefs. If an opinion is chosen because of its coherence with other known facts, it has more value. Thus, the answer to your question is "No, not all opinions hold the same value".

Answer 6

absolutely not!

For example, "in my opinion, the Earth sky is always purple and gravity on Earth doesn't exist"

So you tell me, is this opinion valid?

There are many issues that exist that are subjective, but then there are also issues that exist that are not subjective at all. I guess it really depends on what issue the opinion is about. A dead give away that an opinion is wrong is that you can prove its invalidity. Like in the above case, I could prove scientifically why the sky is blue, and how gravity exists. There are many ways you can prove a statement's invalidity but I won't go into it right now. Read some logic books to find out.

Answer 7

Valid can be defined as 'based on truth or reason'. So whilst many opinions are not based on any true facts the person giving the opinion has a reason for their views, even if that reason is a false assumption it is still based on reason. So yes all opinions are valid.
Luckily we have the choice to ignore opinions, and some can choose to ignore the truth.

Answer 8

No I don't think so. An opinion can be only be considered valid if the person knows all the facts of the case before forming the opinion.
How can it be considered valid if not everything is known?

Answer 9

There is an area of Philosophy called phenomenology that tries to take this approach. It ignores the question of whether there's a connection between what goes on in the mind and reality, which is actually quite a fruitful approach. This is related to another area called hermeneutics, which looks at the meaning of what goes on in the mind.

Here's an example. I don't like tea, but people who don't know me well offer me it sometimes. This is a kind gesture and welcome as that, but unwelcome if it's described as offering me something i don't like. Therefore, tea has a private meaning to me of not getting what i want despite everyone's best intentions. This is an example of hermeneutics.

People diagnosed as psychotic may have important opinions which are unpopular, a phenomenon referred to as "the wisdom of madness." This turned up in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, when only people in a disturbed mental state were able to recognise that one of the characters shouldn't exist. A real instance is someone who came to believe her domineering partner was taking over the world literally, partly because he was dominating her personal life.

This point is particularly important in academic philosophy with reference to Nietzsche, who was understood to have gone insane at some point.

Answer 10

Everyone has a right to have their say, but validity depends on other factors and events that give them merit. For instance, an opinion that singles a person out because of the colour of their skin is not valid since it is based on no fact, no implication and no respect. It is simply a judgement. =oD

Answer 11

From the point that all people are on a journey (some with less knowledge than others but still learning and growing) all opinions are valid. Doesn't mean those opinions are correct.