while it may be true that truth is relative it may not mean that values are. values are patterns of prefference.
Truth is contextual might be a bit better an explaination of the trueness of the meaning. It think thats what Marsha means by conventional truths Platt, but lets be clear, I'm NOT putting words in her mouth or forcing an opinion of my interpretation of what she meant, I would'nt dream to be so pretentouse. -the masked cucumber ----- Original Message ---- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, February 1, 2010 4:53:36 PM Subject: Re: [MD] What does Pirsig mean by metaphysics? On 1 Feb 2010 at 11:46, MarshaV wrote: > > On Feb 1, 2010, at 11:16 AM, Steven Peterson wrote: > > >> > >> Hi Marsha, > >> > > > > Marsha: > > > >> This didn't answer the question, but did put words in my mouth > >> that were not said. > > >> Sjteve: > >> I don't mean to put words in your mouth. I was referring to this: > > > > Marsha previously: > > Would you gentlemen explain how if context and history are key factors in > > determining truth (conventional), why can it not be said that truth > > (conventional) is relative to context and history? It seems obvious: truth > > (conventional) is relative. > > Marsha: > You made no reference to my post of Jan 30, 2010, at 1:43 AM.; how was I > to guess? I do not agree that the charge of relativism should be considered > an extreme. One can assume it is an extreme, of course, but on what basis? > > > Marsha Hi Marsha, It's extremely incoherent to assert as true that truth is relative. But, in this day and age, incoherence is often celebrated, as pronouncements by progressives (we can spend our way to prosperity) and "modern" art paintings attest. Platt 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/ 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/
