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Comment author: Peterdjones 09 January 2013 02:57:48PM 3 points [-]

Second, what do you think about the idea of "perspectivism" -- that there is only subjective truth in the world?

Perspectivism (or at least how I am using it) simply means that truth can be relative, not that it is relative in all cases

Inasmuch as subjectivism is a form of relativism, those comments seem to contradict each other.

Comment author: non-expert 10 January 2013 06:45:44AM 1 point [-]

Perspectivism provides that all truth is subjective, but in practice, this characterization has no relevance to the extent there is agreement on any particular truth. For example, "Murder is wrong," even if a subjective truth, is not so in practice because there is collective agreement that murder is wrong. That is all I meant, but agree that it was not clear.

Comment author: Peterdjones 10 January 2013 12:50:27PM 0 points [-]

Thanks for the clarifiction.

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