From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Sun Jun 29 2003 - 18:32:24 BST
Hi Ian,
Platt
> > Am I correct to conclude there are no facts, just opinions?
Ian
> You got it Platt ...
>
> Clearly in a given context, culture or community of shared experience there
> are shared opinions commonly (and pragmatically) treated as facts, but I've
> not (yet) found the context that can claim it's opinions are all facts,
> within which all other contexts simply hold beliefs about these facts.
>
> You could choose a context like the sum total of humanity on the earth now,
> and suggest that a body of "belief" exists that is held by all to be facts,
> and that might be true pragmatically for "all intents and purposes", but
> that doesn't sound like the whole story for all time to me.
>
> Isn't this what DQ is all about ?
Well, if DQ is just opinion, I can't really say what it is all about. You
seem to be of the "nothing is certain" opinion, so I'm not certain I
should believe what you say or even that you said it. Even your claim that
facts are beliefs dependent on context won't hold up as a fact according
to your own beliefs. So how do I tell when you speak that you speak the
truth? What standard do you suggest I invoke? If Quality is the standard,
don't you have to presuppose that Quality is a fact regardless of context?
Confused in Myrtle Beach,
Platt
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