"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."
-Albert Einstein

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Are things constructed not true? Re: Burke

I believe, that truth is strictly construction. How could truth be anything other than construction, when the discussion of "Truth" is conducted by flawed, unknowing beings? Humans are taught what is true and what is false from a young age and most do not have interest in delving into whether or not what they were taught is actually correct. Is it possible that everything we know about physics is wrong? Or, everything we have been fed on subjects like history or politics is lies developed by the craftiest of thinkers? Who knows? However, what I do believe, strongly, is that human beings possess the ability to construct truth. Truth does not construct reality, rather humans do so by creating their own "truths." So I would submit that all things constructed are true, at least at one point in time. However, to further question I ask the following: How can one evaluate reality without filtering it through their own version of reality?

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