No, no, no. You cannot reasonably say 'I believe in objective truth and also that subjective, erroneous things can be true.' You can muck about with the word 'truth' until you give the impression this makes sense but, in fact, it does not.
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This is another slight of hand. 'I believe in objective truth. Look! Here is thing I believe that has much scientific evidence. I also believe all these other unsubstantiated beliefs are true and that there are different ways of knowing.' Then you deny the objectivity of truth
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One could say 'I believe cats are mammals & that other mammals are not cats' but you believe in mammals but not the 'catness' of mammals. Equally 'I believe in objective truth & other truths that are not objective' means you believe in truth but deny the objectivity of truth.
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Therefore, someone who is criticised for denying objective truth is really being accused of denying the *objectivity* of truth, not denying the truth of things which have been established (provisionally) to be objectively true. Tho many do that too.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
It depends. It always pissess me off to hear ‘my’ truth. An utterance either corresponds to & accurately depicts reality or it does not. There is no ‘your’ truth. However, ‘my’ truth often just means ‘I think there something to position Q’ & that’s fine.
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Where the ‘something to’ means some kind of important value. In this context ‘truth’ is irritating, undisciplined and often confusing. However, that’s the world we live in. In this context, ‘subjective’ truth can be meaningfully discussed.
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