Prafulla Maharjan
Dr. Koperski
PHIL 123 01
10/30/2017
‘The Correct Truth'
The truth or falsehood of anything is determined by how the world sees it or is it determined from the perspective of an individual. What I believe is not what you believe, what I perceive is not as how you perceive it. Williamson, the author of the book Tetralogue: I'm right, you're wrong has argued the truth and falsehood, and knowledge and belief with four characters sketches with their own perspective. The logic of how one views the truth has been explained by these characters. Truth is a very strong word, but the same view can be different if you perceive it with what and why you believe it.
These characters meet on the train where Bob, who believes in witchcraft, …show more content…
The argument provided by Sarah where she says, "Something special about morality tempts me to be skeptical about it. I'm not sure how well I can explain it. We apply the words ‘right' and ‘wrong' in response to patterns in our environment, just as we use ‘slap' and ‘checkmate' and all sorts of other words. But ‘right' and ‘wrong' are special because we also use them to guide action. Calling an action ‘right' gives it the green light: go. Calling it ‘wrong' gives it the red light: stop" (pg. 141-142). She tends to believe in scientific reasoning where she is convinced that science is the irreconcilable truth to which most people should have believed, so it has to be true. Her whole belief is true to her as the society has provided evidence on why it should be true concluding that what we believe to be true, is true because most of what we state are based on the societal beliefs which have provided arguments of what truth …show more content…
Even if viewed from a different perception one can simply show variation in their truth to the same thing. This doesn't generally mean that one is correct and the other is not. It may generally mean that one is right but, the other can be right too and both can be wrong. It's only how we view the things from the perspective that we believe in can actually matter in the truth concluding that it may be right for me and right for you too not that there is only one truth but multiple versions of truth if you agree with it from your
Dr. Koperski
PHIL 123 01
10/30/2017
‘The Correct Truth'
The truth or falsehood of anything is determined by how the world sees it or is it determined from the perspective of an individual. What I believe is not what you believe, what I perceive is not as how you perceive it. Williamson, the author of the book Tetralogue: I'm right, you're wrong has argued the truth and falsehood, and knowledge and belief with four characters sketches with their own perspective. The logic of how one views the truth has been explained by these characters. Truth is a very strong word, but the same view can be different if you perceive it with what and why you believe it.
These characters meet on the train where Bob, who believes in witchcraft, …show more content…
The argument provided by Sarah where she says, "Something special about morality tempts me to be skeptical about it. I'm not sure how well I can explain it. We apply the words ‘right' and ‘wrong' in response to patterns in our environment, just as we use ‘slap' and ‘checkmate' and all sorts of other words. But ‘right' and ‘wrong' are special because we also use them to guide action. Calling an action ‘right' gives it the green light: go. Calling it ‘wrong' gives it the red light: stop" (pg. 141-142). She tends to believe in scientific reasoning where she is convinced that science is the irreconcilable truth to which most people should have believed, so it has to be true. Her whole belief is true to her as the society has provided evidence on why it should be true concluding that what we believe to be true, is true because most of what we state are based on the societal beliefs which have provided arguments of what truth …show more content…
Even if viewed from a different perception one can simply show variation in their truth to the same thing. This doesn't generally mean that one is correct and the other is not. It may generally mean that one is right but, the other can be right too and both can be wrong. It's only how we view the things from the perspective that we believe in can actually matter in the truth concluding that it may be right for me and right for you too not that there is only one truth but multiple versions of truth if you agree with it from your