Re:The rise and fall of rationality in language
by enderm on Friday December 17, 2021 @08:28PM
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In my opinion, objective truth does not exist. “Fact-free argumentation" is good and desirable.
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Re:The rise and fall of rationality in language
by throw0101a on Friday December 17, 2021 @08:40PM
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> Objective truth does not exist.
Besides this statement?
Re:The rise and fall of rationality in language
by AnimalMuppet on Friday December 17, 2021 @11:12PM
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Well, enderm did say "in my opinion"...
Re:The rise and fall of rationality in language
by throw0101a on Saturday December 18, 2021 @07:35AM
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> Well, enderm did say "in my opinion"...
Not when I posted, he didn't. That's why I my quotation of him is different than what's now in his post.
Re:The rise and fall of rationality in language
by mariavillosa on Friday December 17, 2021 @08:43PM
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Oh I was writing the same comment, you beat me to it, and more elegantly!
Re:The rise and fall of rationality in language
by 0134340 on Saturday December 18, 2021 @03:07AM
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I think therefore I am. And so the world outside can't be confirmed, only your own existence? I get it. But what if the more objective party, society, a collective of subjectives, disagrees with you and your existence? It doesn't matter what you think, you will not think or be if they deem your "truth" an untruth or a threat. I think it's at least for this reason that the ego should be somewhat tamed and not undermine the objective or else the subjective becomes more endangered.
Re:The rise and fall of rationality in language
by mariavillosa on Friday December 17, 2021 @08:43PM
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>Objective truth does not exist
That's an objective truth claim right there!
Re:The rise and fall of rationality in language
by mikelevins on Saturday December 18, 2021 @07:54AM
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Moreover, if this claim is true, then it's false. It therefore refutes itself.
Re:The rise and fall of rationality in language
by LudwigNagasena on Friday December 17, 2021 @09:20PM
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Do subjective truths exist?