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And now you are swinging too hard in the other direction. We can and do draw distinctions between narratives as we best we can. The unattainability of ultimate
by dwaltrip 8y ago
And now you are swinging too hard in the other direction. We can and do draw distinctions between narratives as we best we can.
The unattainability of ultimate truth does not negate the partial truths we are able to grasp.
- astazangasta 8y agoNo, but it does negate their status as objective, and it gives us cause to be suspicious whenever people start trying to wear that particular crown. If anything this is the entire point of empiricism, that we're only able to produce approximate descriptions of reality that are valued for their utility rather than their approach to some gilded ur-state called "Truth". Keeping that in mind (what some people might call "skepticism") is what allows us to observe the distinctions between narratives in the first place.