From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Mon Jan 03 2005 - 13:30:32 GMT
Ian writes:
> No Platt,
>
> No single context is absolute.
> The sum total of all contexts is approaching absolute, by axiomatic
> definition of the maths "sum total of all".
> But unless we are able to envisage literally all contexts, this is only
> "approaching" absolute - pragmatically is always an unknown space beyond -
> except in mathematical / logical thought experiments, like the previous
> sentence.
Then am I correct to assume that for you, pragmatically, truth is always
approximate, i.e., never 100% certain, including any statement you make
about the nature of truth?
Platt
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