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Different cultures have different truths/A truth is that which can be accepted universally - what are the implications for knowledge of agreeing with these statements?
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Essay on Prescribed Title Theory of Knowledge DIFFERENT CULTURES HAVE DIFFERENT TRUTHS/A TRUTH IS THAT WHICH CAN BE ACCEPTED UNIVERSALLY - WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR KNOWLEDGE OF AGREEING WITH THESE STATEMENTS? Truth is not found, nor does it exist on some ephemeral territory outside of our worldly reality. In fact, we do not yet know where the drive for truth comes from, or what truth is? The principal conflict lies in the definition of truth, and the implications of that definition for the different areas of knowledge. It seems that the contention that favors the universality of truth is less likely today than the Foucauldian condemnation of universal truths, however his, is not without detractors. Foucault said that "Each society has its regime of truth, its general politics of truth: that is, the types of discourse which it accepts and makes function as true", whether we...
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