Hi David P. and all
Hello David P. and all,
DAVID PRINCE
>Truth must be logically consistent.
>No logical system is completely consistent.
>Therefore, there is no truth.
I think the middle sentence is not quite right.
Logical systems must be consistent BY DEFINITION.
In an earlier post, reference was made to Goedels theorem, which states
that an infinite number of axioms are needed to make a system absolute.
Thus, IMHO the modified version would:
Truth must be logically consistent.
No logical system is absolute.
Therefore, truth is relative.
This makes more sense to me. If something is "true", we should always
ask "true to what?" The trouble is that we confuse the concept of
"truth" with an ontology - something that it is not. I consider this to
be one of the most important lessons of ZAMM.
Jonathan
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