Re: [Re: Determinism]

From: Aaron Agassi (agassi@erols.com)
Date: Sun Apr 15 2001 - 16:19:18 BST

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    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Kenneth Van Oost" <Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be>
    To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
    Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 11:37 AM
    Subject: Re: [Re: Determinism]

    >
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: Aaron Agassi <agassi@erols.com>
    > To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
    > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 9:25 PM
    > Subject: Re: [Re: Determinism]
    >
    >
    > >
    >
    > >
    > >
    > > "Aaron Agassi" <agassi@erols.com> wrote:
    > > >>> Now you speak of knowledge, not truth. Truth, after all, may be
    > > >>> unknown. But never provisional.
    > > <SNIP>
    > > > The distinction between truth and knowledge has already come up. And
    > > > truth isn't so slippery. Truth is correspondence to reality in
    > > > statements. Knowledge there of is distinct.
    > >
    > > ''Truth is correspondece to reality'' But isn't the question of reality
    > the
    > > underlying issue? If it is, then who's reality? (note: Gettier Problem.)
    > >
    > > *There is only one objective reality. Of which we are all a part, and
    none
    > > have ownership. Subjective perception is an entirely different question.
    > Our
    > > various individual models of reality are in part true, corresponding to
    > > reality, and in part false and erroneous.
    >
    > << But just a question here !
    > Are we really part of the same reality !?
    > Which reality is that !?
    > I know people who does not understand that the sun is a star in the
    > universe !!

    That is a Phenomenological matter, not Ontology.

    <And you are trying to persuade me that we are all part of
    > the same reality !?
    > There are people living apart from this reality where we live in !!
    >
    > And to the comment that our individual models are only in part true I
    > wish to say, no I don 't think so, they are from our individual bias true
    > as they ought to be.

    That is sheer Relativism, which isn't even as internally consistent as
    Solipsism.

    >We have no other perspective of reality than our
    > own.

    True. But don't confuse the different (flawed) maps with the same territory.

    >We can 't hold the whole of reality in the palm of our hand.
    > Reality is my reality !!

    False.

    >
    > Best,
    >
    > Kenneth
    >
    > ( I am, because we are) as real we can get
    >
    >
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