Data Driven Fiction
The 3 Types of Truths
a polemic with the article by “The World Unveiled”
I agree with what you are saying, but I want to bring attention to some details that might make your point more nuanced.
Religious people do not have different types of “truth.” They all have the same ultimate truth, which they are trying to understand and be closer with, but perspectives often vary on this ultimate truth. For example, say there are two Muslims who believe Allah exists — one of them may believe God speaks directly to them while the other may not subscribe to that view. Furthermore, even though Islam has many sects that differ in their beliefs about God and other fundamental notions of faith, each denomination still connects with Islam, so they still call each other “Muslim.” To put it in another way, the only difference between them is in their understanding of Allah.
The 3 types of truth are: 1. The objective truth is objective because it is not relative to any one person or group, but also that it would be evident by its nature when someone approaches the truth. For example, take mathematical formulas. Mathematics (or any other branch of science) cannot be subjective or relative because it deals with information derived from objective reality. Thus, there is no need to argue about the true meaning behind mathematical formulas because you can just plug in numbers and see if they match. 2. Subjective truth — this is the kind of truth that someone has picked up from his community or society, often without rational basis or justification. For example, if someone believes that the world will end in 2012 because he picked up this belief from his religious community, this would be a subjective truth. 3. Absolute truth — The absolute truth does not change, and it is also one that is inseparable from and eternal and unchanging and pure and perfect (in the absolute sense). Thus, for example, there are absolute truths in mathematics such that the axioms they are based on remain true. On the other hand, euclidean mathematics falls apart in non-Euclidean space, and different dimensions result in changes. Thus, one could say that within certain jurisdictions of mathematics, there are absolute truths. If you say that people think they know the truth, but it’s really subjective, you’re implying that there is another truth different from the 3 truths mentioned above. I think this may either be what you think, or it may be related to it. And this would bring us back to your point.
Many people think that their subjective truths are absolute truths, and therefore, when their ‘truths’ are disproved by other people’s revelations, they might become violent. We cannot say these people do not possess an understanding of truth because they obviously possess some kind of understanding. But it is a shallow, incomplete, and faulty understanding. Many times this happens among religions and social groups.
In the end, people have to realize that they have to find an objective truth within themselves and not rely on others or society. In addition, all of us should strive towards becoming more open-minded and work towards finding an understanding of the absolute truths.
Nonhuman Truth The concept of “truth” can be understood in many ways. Philosophers have defined nonhuman truth by saying, “it is the truth that transcends the limited capacities of humans.” Nonhuman truths can be defined by assuming two things: 1) They are “the highest truths,” and 2) They are not necessary for human beings to function.
Nonhuman truths are things that humans cannot understand, like the vastness of the universe. They are also called “the highest truths.”
The World Unveiled , your article was very interesting to me. Thank you for your inspiration to write this polemic
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