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What Is Belief, What Is Truth? by Kalatium(m): 5:56pm On Apr 04, 2023 |
Philosophically, what is Belief? What is Truth? "Truth is a property of beliefs, and beliefs are psychical events. The truth that we can attain to is merely human truth, fallible and changeable like everything human. What lies outside the cycle of human occurrences is not truth, but fact (of certain kinds). Beliefs are vague and complex, pointing not to one precise fact, but to several vague regions of fact. Beliefs, therefore, unlike the schematic propositions of logic, are not sharply opposed as true or false, but are a blur of truth and falsehood; they are of varying shades of grey, never white or black. People who speak with reverence of the ‘Truth’ would do better to speak about Fact, and to realise that the reverend qualities to which they pay homage are not to be found in human beliefs. There are practical as well as theoretical advantages in this, since people persecute each other because they believe that they know the ‘Truth’. Speaking psycho-analytically, it may be laid down that any ‘great ideal’ which people mention with awe is really an excuse for inflicting pain on their enemies." — Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays (1928), Essay V: Philosophy in the Twentieth Century, p. 48 ━━ Background: In Sceptical Essays (1928), Russell argues we should recognise the uncertainty of our beliefs. According to Russell, truth is the accordance of the subject's belief and the actual fact. Russell was a firm champion in the scientific method, that science reaches only tentative answers, that scientific progress is piecemeal, and attempts to find organic unities were largely futile. He held the same view should be applied to philosophy. Russell's epistemology went through many phases. Once he shed neo-Hegelianism in his early years, Russell remained a secure philosophical realist for the remainder of his life, holding that our direct experiences have primacy in the acquisition of knowledge. While some of his views have lost favour, Russell's influence remains strong in the distinction between two ways in which we can be familiar with objects: "knowledge by acquaintance" and "knowledge by description". In his later philosophy, Russell subscribed to a kind of neutral monism, maintaining that the distinctions between the material and mental worlds, in the final analysis, were arbitrary, and that both can be reduced to a neutral property—a view similar to one held by the American philosopher/psychologist, William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910), and one that was first formulated by Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Sephardic Jewish origin, Baruch Spinoza (24 November 1632 – 21 February 1677), whom Russell greatly admired. |
Re: What Is Belief, What Is Truth? by Oxb90: 6:09pm On Apr 04, 2023 |
Re: What Is Belief, What Is Truth? by apstpaulg(m): 7:29pm On Apr 04, 2023 |
Believe is religion, Truth is spiritual! 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: What Is Belief, What Is Truth? by Kobojunkie: 7:33pm On Apr 04, 2023 |
Kalatium:In the context of scripture, Truth is Jesus Christ, the Word out of God's very own mouth. |
Re: What Is Belief, What Is Truth? by Dtruthspeaker: 7:35pm On Apr 04, 2023 |
Kalatium: Rubbish. Belief means "living on a thing you accept" therefore belief is born out of a person. Whereas Truth is something which is this natural world we live in. |
Re: What Is Belief, What Is Truth? by Dtruthspeaker: 7:37pm On Apr 04, 2023 |
apstpaulg: Did you not say you believe in Peter Obi or Tinubu? Are these religion? |
Re: What Is Belief, What Is Truth? by muyico(m): 8:13pm On Apr 04, 2023 |
Kalatium: |
Re: What Is Belief, What Is Truth? by MaxInDHouse(m): 7:46am On Apr 05, 2023 |
TRUTH is what can't be disputed BELIEF is what a person holds so dearly as fact but at times it could be misplaced. So even though both works side by side many selfish humans have concluded that there is no absolute truth but that's a big fat lie. How do we know this? Well TRUTH is powerful it will help people from different races, fields, cultural backgrounds and schools of thought to come to terms on how to cohabit peacefully {John 17:22 compare to Isaiah 2:2-4; Micah 4:1-3} while all those holding on to lies will continue arguing, insulting, abusing and cursing one another {Luke 11:23} and by the end kill one another due to selfish ambitions! Revelations 6:3-4 |
Re: What Is Belief, What Is Truth? by sonmvayina(m): 9:22am On Apr 05, 2023 |
Kobojunkie: This is your belief.. It does not even mean anything....if you are asked to explain, you will be dancing like a headless chicken.. |
Re: What Is Belief, What Is Truth? by sonmvayina(m): 9:26am On Apr 05, 2023 |
Beliefs are for religion Truth is for spirituality.. |
Re: What Is Belief, What Is Truth? by Kalatium(m): 6:01pm On Apr 05, 2023 |
Dtruthspeaker: See this one. When did u get educated. Your elders in the 20th century who are better of gave a more accurate definition and you are here talking trash |
Re: What Is Belief, What Is Truth? by Dtruthspeaker: 7:31pm On Apr 05, 2023 |
Kalatium: And yet you could not fault it, only pleading follow follow because you can not think for yourself. |
Re: What Is Belief, What Is Truth? by Kalatium(m): 5:34pm On Apr 06, 2023 |
Dtruthspeaker:Just checked what you wrote does it even make sense to you. If you want to counter a professor, sit down and do proper homework not just think something up and the moment and call what you read rubbish. |
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