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- Truth is an objective quality of something, yes. "Truth" itself is a name and not identical to anything. Names and concepts we use to describe reality are not identical to the objects or properties they represent, that exist independently of the names and concepts we use to describe them. These names and concepts are merely human creations that we use to help us understand and communicate about reality; the concepts we use are not inherent or necessary aspects of reality itself, they are simply convenient tools that we use to make sense of the world around us.
- The understanding of the truth of a proposition is determined by the relationship between its objective and subjective qualities. Objective qualities refer to the inherent characteristics of the state of affairs described by the proposition, while subjective qualities refer to the mental representations and affirmations of that proposition by the perceiving subject. Our innate logical principles are used to suppose coherent abstraction about what accepts its existence being actualized in reality, and that the cause of any proposition must be non-arbitrary (rationally possible & ultimately intentional).
- These innate principles help us to understand the nature of reality and the ways in which things come into being, as well as their objective and subjective qualities. The mind possesses necessary knowledge of the external reality mediated to it by the senses, of its own innate logical principles, and of whatever has reached it by way of massively recurrent transmission. The intuitive experience is the mind using innate knowledge to abstract universal concepts, from empirical knowledge provided, to form judgments (impressions) of what it holds as mental representations (i.e. its subjective quality of a 'truth') of external reality (i.e. the objective quality, the 'truth').
- We ascertain an understanding of these truths, be they necessary or emergent, by the human sources of knowledge, which are three: sound sense perception, reliable reporting, and logic & reasoning.
- Objective truth refers to the inherent characteristics of the state of affairs which corresponds to a proposition. It exists independently of the perceiving subject and is not influenced by personal biases or opinions. Subjective truth refers to the mental representations and affirmations of that proposition by the perceiving subject. It is dependent on the perceiver and is not considered to be an inherent part of the state of affairs corresponding to the proposition.
- For example, if the proposition "the Earth is spherical" is true, the objective truth is that the Earth has the inherent characteristic of being that shape. The subjective truth is the mental representation and affirmation of this proposition by the perceiving subject. The subjective quality in this case would be your perception and understanding of the scientific evidence. The process of determining objective qualities (i.e., objective truths) from subjective qualities would involve using your senses and reason to gather and interpret empirical evidence, and using logic to draw conclusions based on that evidence.
- That is, the shared knowledge is evaluated and confirmed as certain knowledge through the sources of knowing.
- Just as sensory perception allows us to gather information about the world around us, reliable reporting allows us to gather accurate and consistent information from others. In both cases, the more reliable the sense we use and the more reliable the source, the more certain we can be about the information we are receiving, and the impression it forms. Therefore, the highest epistemological certainty is provided when knowledge has been transmitted in a massively recurrent fashion.
- As such, massively recurrent testimony is the best confirmation to rational impression; human reason is limited and can be problematic and lead to errors, biases, and false assumptions: reason can not be the sole source of truth, but instinctively recognizes necessary and self-evident truths.
- An impression being rational is if—and only if—it coheres to the intuitive experience.
- So, I am not sure it's accurate to say accurate to say that truth is either objective or subjective "in totality".
- Instead, "truth" may carry the meaning of a combination of both objective and subjective qualities, with the objective qualities representing the facts or reality of the matter, and the subjective qualities representing the way that the proposition is understood or perceived by the individual.
- It really depends on what you mean by "in totality".
- "Grounded" in the context of "truth is grounded" means that truth has a foundation or basis in something. In other words, truth is not a standalone concept or idea, but is instead connected to or derived from something else.
- For example, if we say that "many birds flew together into a flock," the flock would be an emergent truth grounded by those material causes. In this case, the truth of the flock is based on the fact that many birds flew together, which are the material causes that ground the truth of the flock. Without the material causes of the birds flying together, the truth of the flock would not exist.
- Similarly, if we were in the time of the singularity, prior to the big bang, the statement "the singularity exists" would be true, along with the classical laws of logic. The truth of the singularity's existence would be grounded in the fact of the singularity's existence, which is the cause or foundation of the truth. Without the singularity's existence, the truth of its existence would not exist.
- In both of these examples, the truth is grounded in something else, whether it be material causes or a fact or reality. In this sense, "grounded" means that the truth is connected to or based on something else, which serves as the foundation or basis for the truth.
- 1) set of contingents emerged; at some point did not exist
- 2) 1 was true, something must make it true before an emergent emerged
- c) truth is grounded in a necessary existent
- 1) Something must exist to cause a truth to be true / Existence makes truths
- 2) Before anything emerged, it was true that nothing emerged
- c) Therefore, the necessary being must exist to cause the truth "before anything emerged, it was true that nothing emerged" to be true. / non-emergent existent grounded the truth of the set of emergent existents (Since nothing else exists that is emergent, and a truth must be caused, the truth that nothing else emerged must be caused by something that exists necessarily)
- 1) Rabb meaning
- 2) above fits meaning of Rabb
- c) Necessary Being is Rabb
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