DH:
> > > Ok, I'll fall into the trap. If there's no truth, then what's a
lie?
CD
> > Relative.
KM
> Things can only be relative with regards to something universal,
even if that
> universal happens to be 'relative.' The truth is (wait for it) -->
we *create*
> universals. Even if there are none (which itself is a dubious
claim),
> universals in some field, say in the field of human rights, might in
fact be
> desirable. In any event, we can create them, perhaps even enforce
them. I've
> never understood anything about the arguments in favour of
relativism. Maybe I
> haven't followed enough of the thread to realize that this was a
joke?
> (jokes invoke universals too, at least if I understand my Freud).
The truth is
> out there. 1+1=2. Anyone who understands the content of the equation
is
> logically obligated to agree (note that I said logically).
>
> Hello. My name is Ken. I haven't read something by Foucault in 9
months.
============ I call upon all anti-relativists to produce the absolute.....
Is it Math? Art? Sound? Space-Time, Randomness? God? Nothing?
Still waiting,
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