Hi Craig --
[Ham, previously]
Since all knowledge is derived from experience, Truth is relative to the individual
[Craig]:
Is this your argument? 1) knowledge is truth 2) all knowledge is derived from experience 3) :. all truth is derived from experience 4) experience is relative to the individual 5) :. Truth is relative to the individual
Extracted statements are dangerous, especially when defining something as complex as epistemology.
1) My argument (to Ron) is that Truth is an absolute which is not accessible to finite creatures. For pragmatists interested in predictive reliability and relational (cause-and-effect) processes, "truth" is the knowledge, axiom, or dynamic principle that works to solve or answer a particular problem. So, while "knowledge is truth" as it applies to the differented world, it is not Absolute Truth in the metaphysical sense.
2) Yes, knowledge of facts, principles, and events is the fund of information from which the intellect draws to make conclusions. All knowledge is derived from experience.
3) What humans call "truth" is generally based on experience (i.e., experiential reality). Logic and mathematical "truth" are intellectual precepts that reflect this experience.
4) Yes, experience is proprietary to individual awareness, the psychic nature of which is value-sensibility. Nothing is experienced that does not start as value-sensibility, which means that value is the ground of experiential reality. As Pirsig rightly said, "If a thing is not valued, it does not exist."
5) Ibid: As stated above, insofar as Truth = Knowledge, it is relative to the locus of experiential existence, which is the individual.
Thanks for the questions, Craig. How credible do you think my answers are? Regards, Ham Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
