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Re:The relentless honesty of Ludwig Wittgenstein (2017) by antidesitter on Thursday January 03, 2019 @05:37PM (#18820024)
> There is no universal truth, but only your personal experience and perception.

Is that a universal truth?

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Re:The relentless honesty of Ludwig Wittgenstein (2017) by scythe on Friday January 04, 2019 @02:28AM (#18822540)
The actual early-Wittgenstein retort to this question is to reference the saying/showing distinction. "That there are no universal truths is not a true proposition, but it is shown by there being no truth which is universal." Or something like that.

The late-Wittgenstein retort is to tell a better joke.

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