From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Wed Jun 09 2004 - 15:16:57 BST
Platt said:
You realize I'm sure that everyone, including me, you, Chomsky,
Limbaugh and the most self-described "objective" scientist cannot
possible know or learn all the facts about anything, that of
necessity facts are always selected by both cultural and presumptive
filters. Being familiar with philosophy, you also realize that
there's great debate about what consitutes "facts," i.e., truth.
msh says:
But reasonable people can and do agree on on a wide variety facts.
And a fact is true, by definition, remember, so a statement like
"true facts" is redundant. Debate about whether or not these "facts"
really are "true" makes for an interesting grad school seminar,
maybe, but have little value in the real world.
I'm always tickled when I run into the "truth is relative" people.
This may be "true" but NO ONE believes it, even the people who make
the statement. They are, after all, trying to communicate some
"truth."
Best to all,
Mark Steven Heyman (msh)
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