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Old 05-30-2008, 02:44 AM
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I would like to point out that your statement is self-contradictory or at best meaningless. To claim that truth is not real and is contingent and contextual is to remove any basis of your statements truth value. Unless some truth is not relevant your statement is pointless.
Its perfectly reconcilable. There is no truth. Do not take that statement as an ultimate truth, but a mere metaphor, a new mechanism through which you can better cope with your environment.
For it to be irreconcilable, it would require your assertion to be more than merely metaphysical, which it is not. My statement works in the following way. There is no ultimate essence, no Truth, no intrinsic elements at work, instead only idiosyncratic personal truths or truisms (notice the difference between a inter-subjective lower-case truth and an objective capitol "T" Truth). Of them, I recommend you adopt my perspective. I believe, counter to your current perspective that there are ultimate truths, my perspective will better serve you to cope with your environment, but in and of itself is inessential and not an ultimate Truth.
See, something not being an ultimate Truth, and what I mean by that is a necessary and sufficient condition, does not make it "false". When I say there is no Truth, that does include itself-- what I am saying is not a necessary nor sufficient condition for interpreting existence, simply a better one.
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