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<blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 4554022" data-attributes="member: 15538">No, I am not arguing that. What I am arguing is simply that in addition to something objective, there is a level of interpretation to truth. We simply do not have senses, powers of reason, or any other faculties that allow us to directly apprehend truth. This is the basis of the pragmatism of William James, and it is also a puzzle examined in Plato's analogy of the divided line in The Republic. Truth should be verifiable and objective, but it is not merely a collection of facts. Truth presupposes the existence of a logical being who can interpret whether something is true or not. Where Plato and James disagree is that James argued we each have our own truth, our own reasonable interpretation of our senses and known facts. Whereas Plato felt we could each arrive at the highest truth through reason alone. For instance, he supposed that one piece of art could be judged as absolutely more beautiful than another. Human history seems to favor James' viewpoint.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pawsplay, post: 4554022, member: 15538"] No, I am not arguing that. What I am arguing is simply that in addition to something objective, there is a level of interpretation to truth. We simply do not have senses, powers of reason, or any other faculties that allow us to directly apprehend truth. This is the basis of the pragmatism of William James, and it is also a puzzle examined in Plato's analogy of the divided line in [i]The Republic[/i]. Truth should be verifiable and objective, but it is not merely a collection of facts. Truth presupposes the existence of a logical being who can interpret whether something is true or not. Where Plato and James disagree is that James argued we each have our own truth, our own reasonable interpretation of our senses and known facts. Whereas Plato felt we could each arrive at the highest truth through reason alone. For instance, he supposed that one piece of art could be judged as absolutely more beautiful than another. Human history seems to favor James' viewpoint. [/QUOTE]

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