Sunday, January 31, 2010

An Objective Truth (Response to Barry Sullivan)

In response to the quote "There are no whole truths; all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that play the devil" stated by Alfred North Whitehead, Barry said that truth is subjective. I think that the way we perceive truth is definitely subjective, and we may never know an objective truth in this life. However, I do believe that there is an objective truth beyond our ability to perceive it. I interpreted Whitehead's quote a bit differently. To me, he is saying that the way humans perceive and relate truth are really only have truths, because we are limited in our understanding of truth. However, that doesn't mean that there is no objective truth out there. What I'm wondering is, as humans, do you think it's possible that we can find an objective truth?

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