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Post #29,369 by marlowe 2/22/02 11:15:30 AM Reply	I don't play rigged games, so don't ask. My position as to what is Truth, on various and sundry topics, is very much a matter of public record. Especially around these fora. But I can't seem to get a transmission through to planet Brandioch. Maybe it's being jammed by the incoherent static emanating from planet Ashton, or bounced around in the dim shades-of-greyness of the Silverlock nebula. But most likely it's the reality shield surrounding planet Brandioch. Somehow I don't think the problem is at my end. Truth is that which is the case. As opposed to that which is not the case. But it's no good saying that, because some people will turn around and ask what "is the case" means. Or what "is" means. As Dogbert once said, if there are no stupid questions, what sort of questions do stupid people ask? [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html\|http://www.angelfir...e/index.html] Sometimes "tolerance" is just a word for not dealing with things.
Post #29,371 by boxley 2/22/02 11:29:45 AM Reply	cop out You say the truth is what you say, I agree with you sometimes disagree others, that is my truth there is no THE truth unless your heavily medicated which you have indicated you dont hold with. thanx, bill "I'm selling a hammer," he says. "They can beat nails with it, or their dog." Richard Eaton spy software innovator
Post #29,373 by marlowe 2/22/02 11:41:58 AM Reply	Cop out yerself. That's not your truth. That's your opinion. Against my opinion. But at least I make an effort to calibrate my opinion against reality. And that's how Truth gets into it. What part of "Truth is that which is the case" don't you understand? [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html\|http://www.angelfir...e/index.html] Sometimes "tolerance" is just a word for not dealing with things.
Post #29,379 by boxley 2/22/02 12:22:42 PM Reply	facts/cases arnt truth Anti Israeli/Pro Israeli both have facts/cases/truth and merit neither is the truth what part of objective dont you understand? thanx, bill "I'm selling a hammer," he says. "They can beat nails with it, or their dog." Richard Eaton spy software innovator
Post #29,401 by marlowe 2/22/02 1:46:02 PM Reply	Well, facts sure as hell ain't falsehood. If you don't start with facts, you're not going anywhere I'd want to go. And judging from the results, the Israelis are far more in touch with reality than the Arabs. Truth is that which is the case, but the test of what is the case is what works. What the Israelis do works. They survive and prosper against overwhelming odds. What the Palestinians do just brings them more grief. (And don't go claiming that Israel only survives because we meddling Americans prop it up. First off, the US has unwisely supported Arafat as well. Secondly, we propped up the Shah of Iran, and it didn't save his ass. We're not as good at propping regimes up as to make it a guarantor of survival. And if even if we were that good, it would mean that what America does works. Actually it does work, just not quite that well.) If you have anything remotely resembling a point here, it's that both Arabs and Israelis are guilty of the fallacy of exclusion. (Certainly the Arabs are, at any rate.) But that's not a problem with facts. It's a problem with leaving facts out, and also with violating rules of inference. And if partial truth is bad, is even less truth going to be an improvement? How does that work? [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html\|http://www.angelfir...e/index.html] Truth is that which is the case. Accept no substitutes.
Post #29,414 by Brandioch 2/22/02 2:27:55 PM Reply	This just keeps getting better. :) So, the "Truth" is the "Truth". But the "Truth" on Monday might not be the "Truth" on Friday. (from your other post). .....but the test of what is the case is what works. So, what works in one situation is the "Truth", but in another situation, there could be a different "Truth"? In other words, whatever is successful is "Truth" to you. So, when Clinton beat Bush and then was elected for a second term, Clinton had the "Truth"?
Post #29,374 by Brandioch 2/22/02 11:45:12 AM Reply	Thank you, God. My position as to what is Truth, on various and sundry topics, is very much a matter of public record. So, your opinion on a subject is "The Truth" about that subject. Hmmmmm, I do believe that is a functional definition of "God". Truth is that which is the case. No argument there. And 1 + 1 = 2. I didn't ask you to define "truth". I asked what the "Truth" is, accourding to you. As opposed to that which is not the case. Again, no argument. But you still haven't told me what the "Truth" is. You've just defined what "truth" is and what "truth" is not. But it's no good saying that, because some people will turn around and ask what "is the case" means. No. Just what the "Truth" is. Phrase it however you want to. Or what "is" means. It would seem to me that this is EXACTLY what you are doing right now. You are focusing on the definitions of the words rather than answering the question. But I expected such bullshit from you. In summary, Marlowe hasn't got a clue what "The Truth" is. He has his opinions and he supports those opinions by stating that they are "The Truth". Which is no support at all. Sorry, Marlowe, you lose.
Post #30,459 by Ric Locke 3/2/02 10:29:22 AM Reply	Marlowe is quoting: die Welt is alles was der Fall ist. Brandioch, it's you who's ducking and weaving. Wittgenstein's comment has a resonance in German that's hard to translate into English; Germans don't need Murphy, they have falls ist. Marlowe's version is about as good as any, and better than some, as translations go. Capitalizing "Truth" into existentialism serves no purpose bar providing you with a strawman to sneer at. Yes, truth is sometimes different at different times, because die Welt does change as time passes; entropy, if nothing else. As for Russian -- in point of actual fact, pravda does not mean "truth" as we use the word, to mean a point-to-point correspondence with the objective Universe. When a Russian wants to use that concept (not often) the word is instinye, as in ve istinye tak "You got that right, dude!" Pravda is more closely related to "approved", as in "the officially approved version". Your rants, and some of Ashton's, are more pravlino than anything else. Regards, Ric
Post #30,490 by Ashton 3/2/02 7:07:05 PM Reply	However the world changes, there are ever those who claim accessibility of ~an unvarying Truth (or via lots of other symbols) - and they speak with certainty or Certainty of that accomplishment. Such ones are - lawful prey. (Even when not overtly arrogant; certainly more fun.. when they are). I'll ask my friend about the nuances of pravda (think you're right on that one, from previous conversations). 'Istinye' - don't know nada. Now as to Wittgenstein - hey! a friend wrote his thesis on W. So you grok to fullness on W., do you? Recall his take on the maya ? ;-) Ashton Morphological Rants to Order
Post #29,450 by Ashton 2/22/02 8:12:18 PM Reply	Tautologies - don't leave home without a handful, especially when your solipsism has ID'd YOU as the sole earthly repository! of The Truth Poor baby; just can't cope? in an unCertain world? Yeah, it's tough. {sniff} Would that you'd submit these Rilly-New Testament Revelations for a grade in Phil. 101A (or better yet, Aberrant Psych. 202B). Megalomania just somehow never quiiite comes up to Expectations, after the incense fumes drift away, and Avatar Marlowe just doesn't quite..... ring True. Olde English Prayer, as apt today as well as... at the next Inquisition - Dear Lord, please protect me from the wrath of Those who Know.. {shudder}

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