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by empath75 2882 days ago
> The important question is not what Plato did and was trying to do, it is what is the truth and how can it be clearly communicated to people so they can make use of it.

You’re assuming such an entity as truth exists which is a fairly platonic position...
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woodandsteel 2881 days ago
There are a lot of other philosophies that claim objective truth exists, such as materialism and Pragmatism.
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empath75 2881 days ago
You think materialists believe that a non-physical entity like ‘truth’ exists?
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woodandsteel 2880 days ago
Wow. I have been studying philosophy for half a century (and in fact am planning to write a book on the subject), and I have never heard anyone claim that materialists don't believe in truth because they don't believe in non-material objects. That is one damn strange argument.

The fact is, materialists have a different understanding of the correct meaning of the term "truth" than that. Ditto the pragmatists.

The fact that you don't seem to be aware of that indicates to me that you have a quite poor understanding of Western academic philosophy.

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