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Maze comments on Truth is holistic - Less Wrong Discussion

9 Post author: MrMind 23 April 2015 07:26AM

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Comment author: Maze 27 April 2015 08:01:46PM 0 points [-]

There isn't just one kind of truth.

Objective truths are objectively true.

But they aren't absolutely true. Objective truths are formed from theories and observations, laden with units of measurement and language.

Objective truth, some feel, should be static and independent of an observer. But that's a needless and problematic assumption.

Absolute truth and objective truth are different.