Criteria of Truth

[thiebes]

Here is some amateur philosophizing in case you haven't had enough of that on LJ.

gallows_brother made a good point in this thread (where you can read the whole comment rather than just the main point I'm responding to here) and I thought I'd share my response as a post because it brings up another topic of potential discussion that I find interesting

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[rikb]

Funny - I was contemplating "certainty, not faith, while in life, upon death" tonight before I read this

[thiebes]

It's not quite exclusive of proof. It has different criteria for proof that are revelatory. Which is real confusing in a world where every truth is supposed to be objective. Oftentimes however, people who have revelatory knowledge seem to be able to recognize it in others even in disagreement.

[xeyeofhorusx]

Where did the term "certainty" enter the discussion, and with what provenance? I'm just asking so I know the context.

Also, have you read Gadamer?

[thiebes]

Liber AL.

No but he is on my list, bumped up a few notches now that you remind me of him :)

[xeyeofhorusx]

Oh, well I wouldn't want to base a philosophical deliberation on the nature of certainty on MY interpretations of Liber AL! :) So I'll leave that one alone... :)

But yeah, Gadamer, and maybe also the American Pragmatists Pierce, James, Dewey, probably in that order.

[thiebes]

What else would you base it on? ;-)

Thanks for the tips!