Whenever you can, remember to keep subjective opinions on color choice and typefaces separate
from objective truths about what works and what doesn't.
The turning away
from the objective truth of words (and from authority) which has been so much part of the modern «turn to the subject» is caused by, among other things, a particular idea with a long intellectual pedigree.
Not exact matches
After glowing reviews
from his family, student entrepreneur Brian Ballan sought the
truth from objective strangers.
But equally far
from the subjectivism of the romantic or the «I believe because it is absurd» of the mystic, that sacrifice is called for precisely in the name of
objective truth comprehended through the «clear, logical cognition» exemplified by the modern scientist.
As I understand it, the relevant features of a «proposition» are these: A «proposition» is a «concrete possibility; it is abstracted
from some
objective event in the actual world; it is proposed as a possibility that an entity may want to consider for itself in a future moment in its process of self - creation; it is apprehended by the entity in «feeling» and so is preconceptual and largely preconsciously apprehended; it stands in a complex of relationships with other «propositions,» and the set of propositions presupposes a systematic universe; its «interest» (as «lure») is more important than its «
truth.»
But Buber believes that Paul means by faith belief in a
truth, a kind of
objective knowledge, whereas surely for Paul faith in Christ is never separated
from love to all the members of the body of Christ and to every man.
Theology in the «
objective» sense is chronologically derivative
from the activity of theological inquiry because it is the activity that produces objectively valid
truth claims and the
objective purposes of professional church leadership.
Truth is one kind of value, different in quality
from esthetic excellence, justice, or holiness, but like them in being part of an
objective structure of worth.
Just as in scientific discussion, which makes no sense without a presupposed
truth, moral inquiry has no point apart
from a presupposed
objective right.
On the one hand, its advocates represent themselves as humble, disinterested seekers after
objective truth — separators of facts
from values.
If alienation
from the
objective («faith,» «God,» «
truth») were the sum total of mischief done, the issue could easily enough be resolved by opting for unbelief.
As earlier with regard to poetic discourse on the
objective side of the idea of revelation, so too on the subjective side, the experience of testimony can only provide the horizon for a specifically religious and biblical experience of revelation, without our ever being able to derive that experience
from the purely philosophical categories of
truth as manifestation and reflection as testimony.
We need such an account in order to prevent the breakdown of realism — doctrines are
truth claims about
objective realities —
from leaving us unsure that the biblical narrative provides the datum of faith.
Once the critical mass has moved
from absolute certainty vs. radical scepticism to the possibility of knowing
objective truth with high degree of probability through subjective trial and error methodology we will once again begin to experience a «Golden Age» of learning.
The bible appears to promote violence in selected passages, but the very fact that Christians analyze scripture with the underlying belief that there is such a thing as an
objective truth and morality we don't have the freedom in our doctrine to falsely interpret passages
from Leviticus to justify killing while ignoring Christ and the ten commandments.
To be consonant with the Word of God, philosophy needs first of all to recover its sapiential dimension as a search for... the ultimate framework of the unity of human knowledge and action, leading them to converge towards a final goal and meaning (para. 81)... to verify the human capacity... to come to a knowledge which can reach
objective truth (para. 82)... Hence we face a great challenge at the end of this millennium to move
from phenomenon to foundation, a step as necessary as it is urgent.
Until someone with proper expertise in myriad areas of sports science, football coaching, business, finance, law, PR, media, marketing, human resources etc etc has unfettered access to all board meeting minutes, records of all discussions with players, full player medical records, details of all contacts with agents, other clubs, other players, seen copies of player contracts and negotiations, understands the financial imperatives, interprets the business accounting, has reviewed the business plan, has knowledge of the employer / employee contractual relationship between Wenger and the club, has intimate insight in to the goals and
objectives of the business and the club — then everyone is filling in the gaps with their own version of events and will necessarily always be a long, long way
from anything close to any «
truth».
«You want these questions answered in a way that the community feels like they actually heard the
truth, and the
truth comes
from a disinterested,
objective party, and that's what the attorney general is,» Cuomo said.
Increasingly,» wrote Pulitzer - prize winning columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr. in the Miami Herald recently, «we are a people estranged
from critical thinking, divorced
from logic, alienated
from even
objective truth.»
About Blog Knowledge attained can be valuable when taken
from objective information influenced by our personal judgment, however the deepest
truths of our reality come not
from this knowledge or the conditioning of society, teachers or preachers but
from our own higher consciousness.
From this, he made the point that
truth was a cognitive outcome or
objective and value was an emotional outcome or subjective.
Is beauty an
objective truth, or something that derives
from the state of mind of the beholder?
A pervasive curiosity, an
objective tolerance that finds all shades of opinion interesting and respectable as long as they do not interfere with liberty of inquiry and belief, a systematic pursuit of
truth in spite of traditions and doubts — these, much more than a taste for sentimental botany and rhapsodical astronomy, were the product of the five years or so that Voltaire spent in active pursuit of science at Cirey with Madame du Châtelet; like his heroes, he has learned
from science, and achieved in his own way a synthesis, quite different
from that of the seventeenth century.
Unfortunately, this is far
from the
truth, and while profit is obviously not the main
objective in the non-profit sector, it -LSB-...]
The eleven artists juxtapose divergent approaches in conversation with each other, reflecting on primal questions consuming artists over the millennia: Elliot Arkin's conceptual use of web - based commerce spins an absurdist view on the commodification of artists; Babette Bloch's stainless steel reassessments of nature and artistic precedent limn positives and negatives through light; Christopher Carroll Calkins's street photography captures moments of under - the - radar narratives; Valentina DuBasky's acrylic and marble dust works on paper and plaster are a contemporary comment on the prehistory of art; Gabriel Ferrer's performance - like in - the - moment sumi - ink drawings on handmade paper reflect on memory and personal narrative; Christopher Gallego's realist, pure light - filled oil painting elevates the ordinariness of an artist's space to visual poetry; Ana Golici, in pergamano and collage, takes inspiration
from 17th Century female naturalist, entomologist and botanical illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian to explore questions of science, nature and
objective truth; Emilie Lemakis's monumental amplification of an ancient Greek krater employs scale to upend perceptions for the viewer's reconsideration; Mark Mellon's bronzes address the oppositions of movement and stillness; the alchemy of Michael Townsend's uncontrolled poured acrylic paintings equate the properties of materials with the turbulence of the universe; Jessica Daryl Winer's engagement with luminous color and choreographic line reflects in visual resonance the sonic history of a musical instrument.
The embedding of values occurs when value statements or ideological claims are wrongly treated as
objective truth, and observed deviation
from that
truth is treated as error.
Tim Ball says: «The sad
truth is the claim of 97 % achieved its
objective, which was political
from the start.
It is hard to make charges of slavering global conspiracies to bring down the masses of «hard working climate scientists, seekers after
objective truth etc etc» stick when the annual budget involved is only about that of three comfy return tickets
from Heathrow to Rio.
It proves they know the
truth and are deliberately deflecting
from it for political
objectives.
Increasingly,» wrote Pulitzer - prize winning columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr. in the Miami Herald recently, «we are a people estranged
from critical thinking, divorced
from logic, alienated
from even
objective truth.»
There's a building storm of indignation out there among those literate in science — who have gone
from depression and despair at the tsunami of fossil fueled ignorance that's passed for reporting and discussion of climate issues, — to real resolve, and a willingness to fight back, not just for the planet, but for the very idea that
objective truth exists, and that science is a tool to find it.
«Strongly recommend separating «scientific laws» based on «
objective reproducible measurements»,
from «fashion» and 1984 style «
truth».»
About Blog Knowledge attained can be valuable when taken
from objective information influenced by our personal judgment, however the deepest
truths of our reality come not
from this knowledge or the conditioning of society, teachers or preachers but
from our own higher consciousness.
The
truth about
objective statements is that, at best, they're not read — and at worst, they can eliminate you
from the running for a job.