Can truth be believed,

[Sunstone]

or can it only be known?

best,
swampy

Swampy, do you subscribe to any particular theory of truth?

 

[swamplizard]

HI Sunstone,

In brevity, truth embodies the knowledge that is innate within all. One can be aware of this knowledge, but seldom is. Beliefs and their systems have facimile truths that do not resemble the reality in its "true" form and manifestation. Just my boggy ramblings,

best regards,
swampy

 

[Sunstone]

HI Sunstone,

In brevity, truth embodies the knowledge that is innate within all. One can be aware of this knowledge, but seldom is. Beliefs and their systems have facimile truths that do not resemble the reality in its "true" form and manifestation. Just my boggy ramblings,

best regards,
swampy

Swampy, I don't know if this will interest you, but in formal philosophy, truth is thought of in somewhat radically different terms. I'm not proposing they are better terms than yours, or anyone else's, but just that they provide other ways of thinking about the subject. If you'd like a brief overview of some of the ways philosophers approach a definition of truth, you can find one here.

 

[Revoltingest]

Is that true?

Nah, just an opinion what knows its place.

 

[swamplizard]

Swampy, I don't know if this will interest you, but in formal philosophy, truth is thought of in somewhat radically different terms. I'm not proposing they are better terms than yours, or anyone else's, but just that they provide other ways of thinking about the subject. If you'd like a brief overview of some of the ways philosophers approach a definition of truth, you can find one here.

Hi again Sunstone,

It has been some time since I engaged in formal philosophy. I found it quite interesting, yet in time it became lacking as it embodies more conceptualized perceptions and tends to lock itself out of the realm it attempts to enter, if any of this makes sense. Thanks for the link, found it worthy of reading.

best regards,
swampy

 

[chinu]

or can it only be known?

best,
swampy

Truely the taste of apple cannot be believed, it can only be known after eating it.

 

[swamplizard]

Truely the taste of apple cannot be believed, it can only be known after eating it.

Hi chinu,

Naturally, I like your statement.

best,
swampy

 

[Sunstone]

Hi again Sunstone,

It has been some time since I engaged in formal philosophy. I found it quite interesting, yet in time it became lacking as it embodies more conceptualized perceptions and tends to lock itself out of the realm it attempts to enter, if any of this makes sense. Thanks for the link, found it worthy of reading.

best regards,
swampy

I sometimes find it helps to think of formal philosophy as a kind of game. Like any game, it is created by -- and also limited by -- its object and rules. And the most important object or goal in formal philosophy seems to be to press logical reasoning to its limits, while the most basic rule seems to be that you must cling to logic. In other words, because it works within that framework, which both creates and limits it, it has certain applications, but not others.

 

[swamplizard]

I sometimes find it helps to think of formal philosophy as a kind of game. Like any game, it is created by -- and also limited by -- its object and rules. And the most important object or goal in formal philosophy seems to be to press logical reasoning to its limits, while the most basic rule seems to be that you must cling to logic. In other words, because it works within that framework, which both creates and limits it, it has certain applications, but not others.

Brother Sunstone,

Games can be fun and worthy of the time expended indulging in them (I'm an old gamer, sometimes gamey).

best,
swampy

 

[hackwrench]

The best definition of truth that I know is that truth has power because it is the truth.

 

[swamplizard]

Greetings and thanks fellow beings for your input.

best,
swampy

 

[blackout]

Experience is all that can truly be known.
(to the experiencer)

We each know our first hand experience of things.

That being said,
the conclusions, or suppositions we draw about our experiences
are of our own personal creation.
The labels we put on them,
the ways we explain them
--the things we believe about them--
the assumptions and connections we add and make
are more "pictures" of our Psyche and MindSet
than that of the actual experience itself.

Every-One lives in the world of their Own truth.

Every 'truth' is colored, shaped and shaded
by the mind of the observer.
Cast (in mind) and Spelled (in Word).

 

[Guitar's Cry]

Truth is an experience of accuracy. It is believed because it is experienced as accurate.

 

[blackout]

Truth is an experience of accuracy. It is believed because it is experienced as accurate.

*experiences accuracy* ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[Adramelek]

IMO, the only Truth is that of Being, all else is defined by that Being through observation, knowledge, and experience.

Xeper.
/Adramelek\