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Different cultures have different truths.
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4. "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? I have spent more than a decade in various schools, learning different truths and learning how to apply them. But what is truth? It is generally accepted that truth has three characteristics: truth is public, truth is independent, and truth is eternal. Truth is public means that a statement is either true for everyone or no one. Truth is independent means that a statement may be false if everyone believes it to be true, or vice versa. Truth is eternal means that a statement cannot be true today and false tomorrow; it is either always true or always false (Woolman, 6-7). It has been said that "different cultures have different truths." It has also been said that "a truth is that which can be...
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