A statement is either true or false. If it is true that 'there is no objective truth' then that seems like a contradiction. — curiousnewbie
Somebody that didn't believe in objective truth would not believe that, and hence would be liberated from a potential contradiction.A statement is either true or false. — curiousnewbie
A statement is either true or false. If it is true that 'there is no objective truth' then that seems like a contradiction. — curiousnewbie
It is true that you cannot determine objective truth, but your inability to determine it does not mean it can't exist. — curiousnewbie
'There is no objective truth apart from this statement'. This is not contradictory. — Devans99
Somebody that didn't believe in objective truth would not believe that, and hence would be liberated from a potential contradiction — andrewk
"No statements are true except for this one" is not contradictory... just false. — Banno
Go back to Bitter Crank's question - how do you identify an objective truth? — Banno
A statement is either true or false. If it is true that 'there is no objective truth' then that seems like a contradiction. — curiousnewbie
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Go back to Bitter Crank's question - how do you identify an objective truth? — Banno
"There is no objective truth" or "No statements are objectively true" — SophistiCat
Shouldn't it then be obvious to you that I'd not be saying that "There is no objective truth" is objectively true? — Terrapin Station
Any time someone makes a claim about some state-of-affairs that is the same for everyone - like the claim that there is no objective truth - then that is an objective truth claim. The claim defeats itself.If it is false that 'there is no objective truth' then that means objective truth exists, so the claim is not contradictory. So the only time that statement makes logical sense is when it is false, which is rather trivial. So what am I missing? — curiousnewbie
Subjective truth would be an eyewitness's testimony, where the objective truth would be all of the facts of the case (which includes eyewitness's testimony) that coincide and support each other and lead to one conclusion.Tell me how I can identify truth, subjective truth, and objective truth. — Bitter Crank
Any time someone makes a claim about some state-of-affairs that is the same for everyone - like the claim that there is no objective truth - then that is an objective truth claim. The claim defeats itself. — Harry Hindu
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