Interesting. I just read the claim that the dominant understanding of 'truth' is to describe that which is evidenced. I doubted this.
It was claimed by a postmodernist who also suggests that understanding truth as that which is evidenced is a bad thing.
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I thought I'd have a little look at Twitter to see if people are primarily applying the word 'true' to things that are evidenced or not. No.
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Ten minutes of scrolling shows me that Twitter overwhelmingly *assert* that things are true to mean 'I agree with this opinion.'
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This ranges from political views - eg Republicans support Nazism - to personal views - shy skinny guys are hot - to observations - men suck
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However, when the word 'true' is in a question - Is this true? - then people seem to mean 'Is there evidence for this.'
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This seems right to me. That people who ask whether things are true are more concerned with evidence than people who assert things are true.
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Not suggesting those are two separate groups, btw. But I think assertions of truth & assertions that something is evidenced are different.
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I do think the PoMo claim the western world is dominated by positivistic ideas of truth & they need to get us to see perspectives is wrong.
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I think it's the contrary. Humans are very much inclined to think their own perspective is true & need to be convinced to check their facts.
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