Is truth relative or absolute?

[Gambit]

Black is dark, but not all dark is black.

Black is relative. It is "the absence of or complete absorption of light." - Wikipedia

 

[Revoltingest]

Black is relative. It is "the absence of or complete absorption of light." - Wikipedia

A perfect black looks absolute to me.
The complete absence of light emission is a singular state.
Of course, "perfect" is a theoretical concept.
Actual black objects will emit some radiation, so I see that you're right too.

 

[ether-ore]

The Buddhist doctrine of "two truths" makes a distinction between the relative truth and the absolute truth. What sayeth you? Is truth relative or absolute?

Laws of nature and the moral laws of God are absolutes. This is truth: things as they were, are and will be. The only things that are "relative" are people's adherence to the truth of those laws. Such laws represent the defense of truth. This is the question between laws being objective versus being subjective; objective being absolute and subjective being relative. An objective law applies to everyone all the time, no matter what anyone thinks about it. Subjective laws want to suggest that what may be a moral truth for you, may not be a moral truth for me. Such inconsistences are the source of trouble in the world.

 

[Vishvavajra]

A better translation of the Buddhist idea of the Two Truths would be "ultimate truth" and "conventional truth"—i.e. the way things are fundamentally, and the convenient fictions that we layer on top of that base reality in order to function day-to-day. It's not really about absolute or relative. In Buddhist thought even the ultimate truth is still relative in a sense, as it's still a conceptual model, albeit a useful one.

 

[Willamena]

The Buddhist doctrine of "two truths" makes a distinction between the relative truth and the absolute truth. What sayeth you? Is truth relative or absolute?

Relatively absolute, and absolutely relative.

 

[Willamena]

The uncertainty principle undermines that thought.

It really doesn't. It says that one can measure one thing or the other.

 

[Yerda]

It really doesn't. It says that one can measure one thing or the other.

Aye, this.