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Nearly Sane

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'Is there such a thing as truth?'
« on: May 05, 2018, 09:48:12 AM »
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Re: 'Is there such a thing as truth?'
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2018, 10:21:29 AM »

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Re: 'Is there such a thing as truth?'
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2018, 10:38:38 AM »
Of course there is. Only a philosopher would be daft enough to doubt it.
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Re: 'Is there such a thing as truth?'
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2018, 04:22:39 PM »
Of course there is. Only a philosopher would be daft enough to doubt it.

I would agree.
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Re: 'Is there such a thing as truth?'
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2018, 04:32:03 PM »
I would agree.

The issue here is rather how do you determine truth. If you can't that there might be truth is effectively irrelevant for the how we progress. And I would suggest that it the idea that science is still part of a biased decision is what Kuhn argues. What do you see is just stating there is truth makes a difference to how you might determine what is truth?