From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Mon Jun 30 2003 - 15:22:35 BST
Hi Ian,
> Platt, you said ..
> > If Quality is the standard,
> > don't you have to presuppose that Quality is a fact regardless of
> > context?
>
> This contains it's own answer ...
And the answer is . . .?
> You start with "if" indicating some doubt.
> You "presuppose" which is pretty close to "believe" for my purposes.
Are there good and not so good "presuppostions?" Should assumptions be
based on empirical evidence? presuppositions
> How do you tell when I speak the truth ?
> Tough one.
> You may believe I speak honestly - I believe I do, so I hope you can. How
> you tell whether I speak the truth depends on what you believe.
>
> If I / you / we happen to believe the MoQ is in fact about as close to an
> absolute / universal view of the world, the I / you we are happy to choose
> that standard of truth. But I cannot see how we get away from having to
> believe in the first place.
>
> This wasn't meant to be controversial.
Just trying to discover your underlying beliefs. :-) Do you agree with
Pirsig's criteria for truth?
"The tests of truth are logical consistency, agreement with experience,
and economy of explanation." (8)
Platt
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