It seems to be hard to say in what sense a truth can exist apart from a context, even one so seemingly clear as “1 + 1 = 2” or “Two contradictory statements cannot both be true.” Think of it in terms of works such as Whitehead and Russell’s “Principia Mathematica” which attempted to ground … [Read more…]
Human knowledge is embodied knowledge, embodied in the relationships of brain-cells to one another and groups of brain-cells to one another as well as being embodied in the habits of our muscles and peripheral nerves and also in our clothing and our houses and our tools and machines, in our ways of making our livings … [Read more…]
Truth unfolds in time through communal processes. I’ve realized there is possibly a very clear example of what this means in an area where I’ve perhaps misspoken a little. Maybe I’ve simply been in error. In any case, I’m also willing to claim that new truths might emerge in time through various processes, new truths … [Read more…]