So if you want to remove more contradictions, one must consider a greater magnitude of premises and associate them with one another. The bigger the picture one sees, the more sense individual peoples opinions and beliefs have in that context, and thus the more one can empathise with any of them (as empathy is based on understanding not ignoring). — Benj96
I'm not sure what was the problem with that??? — ssu
Yes, basically when we have a new way of looking at issues (or questions/problems), that is the easiest way for us to change the premises. It doesn't have to mean that the earlier thinking was wrong, it just that we didn't think about the issue from the new perspective. — ssu
Exactly! They are correct within their confined/discrete context, of which their are larger ones that encompass them and deliver us a better description of the interrelationships between contradictions and truths. In essence, the process of learning.
I'm definitely in agreement with/following your logic here. — Benj96
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