philosophy talk: on truth
What is truth? Does it exist? ‘Truth’ is defined as that which is accordance with fact or reality. Common things that are considered to be ‘true’ are things such as “the sky is blue”, “It is Tuesday”, and “my shirt is green”. However, just because these things seem to be this way, does not mean that it is actually ‘true’. I tend to think of Descartes Meditations when I think of ‘truth’. Descartes makes the point that, when we are dreaming, everything that happens seems real, yet when we wake up we know that it did not actually happen. Therefore, how do we know that what is happening in our everyday life is real and ‘true’. While the nature of ‘truth’ is to say that it is fact, there is a possibility that this may not be accurate, as we cannot know if what we experience is ‘true’. ‘Truth’ is unique per individual, because knowledge is most likely impossible. I say most likely, because there is no way to know if knowledge is most likely impossible or not. We can think...