There are obvious truths in life like; the sky is blue, you shouldn’t eat rotten eggs, and if you stop breathing you die. A relativist would find a way to argue that these undeniable truths are not necessarily true, rather they are simply opinions. This is the main difference between a philosopher and a relativist. A philosopher is after the absolute truth, and they don’t let anything get in the way of finding it; while a relativist is concerned with not offending anyone, and letting them hold their own opinions as the truth. Philosophy’s goal is to find out, and raise questions as to what the undeniable truth is and relativism can be a dangerous obstacle in this goal of searching for the absolute truth.
Philosophers have a natural curiosity to question all aspects of life, and want to find what the underlying truth is. It is difficult to scrutinize every single belief you hold in order to find out whether your belief is just that, or if it is …show more content…
For instance, aesthetic relativism is one of the three main topics I can sympathize with because I don’t believe that there is one true definition of what beauty is. The ideas of beauty differs from person to person, whether it is human beauty, art, or anything in general. By asking this question, it makes me analyze what other branches of relativism I’m sympathetic towards, and how this will effect my overarching conclusion of the existence of one answer. Aesthetics are something I believe are purely opinion based because when you’re talking about art I would say that I think that Willem de Kooning’s Woman V or Jaspers Johns False Start is really beautiful and moving, then there will be, and is, clear opposition to what I think is beautiful in art. The same idea could happen when you're talking about beauty in other people, it’s not that there is a pure definitive truth of what beauty is, but it’s more about people’s experiences and their
Philosophers have a natural curiosity to question all aspects of life, and want to find what the underlying truth is. It is difficult to scrutinize every single belief you hold in order to find out whether your belief is just that, or if it is …show more content…
For instance, aesthetic relativism is one of the three main topics I can sympathize with because I don’t believe that there is one true definition of what beauty is. The ideas of beauty differs from person to person, whether it is human beauty, art, or anything in general. By asking this question, it makes me analyze what other branches of relativism I’m sympathetic towards, and how this will effect my overarching conclusion of the existence of one answer. Aesthetics are something I believe are purely opinion based because when you’re talking about art I would say that I think that Willem de Kooning’s Woman V or Jaspers Johns False Start is really beautiful and moving, then there will be, and is, clear opposition to what I think is beautiful in art. The same idea could happen when you're talking about beauty in other people, it’s not that there is a pure definitive truth of what beauty is, but it’s more about people’s experiences and their