@kennethamy,
kennethamy;128200 wrote:It is true, I think, that nothing is certain. But why should that mean that there is no truth? What have certainty and truth to do with one another?
I meant "there is no truth" as in "nobody knows the truth". Who can say what is true?
But I admit I was wrong, I forgot there are certain things that are certain and true. I exist, for example =)
Off course, my existance is only certain to myself.
Scottydamion;128374 wrote:I sometimes think a new name is in order to separate logical truth, necessary truth, colloquial truth, etc... because all too often they are mixed and mingled, diced and sliced in conversation making it very hard to distinguish one's usage of the word (and we all know we hate adjectives right?)
I agree, and I think there are many other words that should be "split" into many meanings. Sadly language cannot be altered at will, our only hope is to invent words/expressions for our own use and hope they will spread.
Reconstructo;128300 wrote:I can't agree with this. I don't think we "know what's down there." I don't think that "there is nothing new under the sun." I don't think that fundamental questioning "leads nowhere." Are we forgetting Socrates?
I dont mean that there is nothing else to be know, but that this kind of question has already been asked in this forum a lot. You will always find something new then you dive in the ocean, but ever next dive will be less interesting, and you will be less likely to accept an invitation from someone to another dive.
Then I say that it leads nowhere, its mostly a joke about how we are hardly ever able to relate these findings to the "real visible world".
By the way, I dont really know anything about Socrates, but shouldnt we question his views as well? I think we shouldnt worry about forgetting his ideas.
Reconstructo;128300 wrote:
Another thing: do you find no thrill in the grand questions?
If I found no thrill in then I wouldnt have bothered to dive in even once =)
I think thats true for everyone, what also means that everyone is thrilled by those questions. But, like I said, the more you have already tried to answer then, the less you want to try =)