Our beliefs are our truths

Evergreen

We believe in what we think to be true, and so all of our beliefs make up all of our ‘truths’. Whether or not such belief is actually true is another matter (see Bullshit).


Related To: Truth MOC
Created On: 2020-08-17 from C - Awakening From the Meaning Crisis
Last Updated On: 2020-10-03


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Truth

There are many interpretations of truth.

Definitions and Properties

Invariance

From C - Awakening From the Meaning Crisis
Truth is that which remains invariant within a multitude of variance.

This is what science aims to do - across all variations, what are the real patterns that still remain?

From B - Opening the Hand of Thought

  • E - Truth rests in absolute reality

Truth is Ungraspable

  • E - Truth is ungraspable

Logical Truth

  • Categories and Similarity. ‘True’ similarities are not what define categories.

Understanding and Truth

  • Understanding and Truth

Getting There

  • E - Our beliefs are our truths
  • E - Common truth is found through the collective
  • E - Morality serves reputation, not truth

Mindset

We are the blind who tries and figure out the elephant by touch.


Related To: Modelling Reality MOC
Created On: 2020-09-05 from C - Awakening From the Meaning Crisis
Last Updated On: 2020-11-20