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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 opposing statements? “Different cultures have different truths”
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Valerie Abad Wednesday, April 19, 2006 Theory of Knowledge Dr. Rossi Out-of-Class Essay #1 Word Count: Question Selected: 2) "Different cultures have different truths". "A truth is that which can be accepted universally". What are the implications for knowledge of agreeing with these opposing statements? "Different cultures have different truths" and "A truth is that which can be accepted universally" are two very opposing statements which can rely on each other or can be complete contradictions of each other. There are numerous amounts of cultural aspects that affect the definitions of true statements to each culture but there are also so many truths that are regarded globally by all people, from all different cultures combined together. Both statements need each other to define truth in a way that it doesn't end up being false and doesn't end up being dependent of everybody's belief. These two quotes separate truth into two parts: cultural truth and global truth. Different...
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