Re: MD Re: Is Morality relative?

From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Mon Jan 03 2005 - 13:30:32 GMT

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    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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