2. IS THERE SUCH A THING
AS TRUTH?
ï¶ Truth simply put is âTelling it like it is.â
ï¶ Or it can be defined as âthat which corresponds to its object.â
ï¶ Or âThat which describes an actual state of affairs.â
3. THE TRUTH ABOUT TRUTH
ï¶ Truth is discovered, not invented. It exists independent of
anyoneâs knowledge of it.
ï¶ Truth is transcultural; if something is true, it is true for all
people, in all places, at all times. (2+2=4 for everyone, everywhere, at
every time.)
ï¶ Truth is unchanging even though our beliefs about truth change.
4. THE TRUTH ABOUT TRUTH
ï¶ Beliefs cannot change a fact, no matter how sincerely they are held.
ï¶ Truth is not affected by the attitude of the one professing it.
ï¶ All truths are absolute truths.
ï¶ Even truths that appeared to be relative are really absolute.
âI, Wayne Johnson feel warm on March 18th, 2013â it may seem
relative but it is actually absolutely true for everyone, everywhere that
I am warm on that day.
5. RELATIVE TRUTH
ï¶ The common stance is; âIts true for you but not for me.â
ï¶ âEverything is relative,â is a truth claim.
ï¶ All truth excludes the opposite.
ï¶ All truth claims are absolute, narrow, and exclusive.
ï¶ If something is true it is true for all people, at all times in all
places.
6. BELIEF VS. TRUTH
ï¶ A persons beliefs may be true or false.
ï¶ You can hold contrary beliefs.
ï¶ Contrary truths are not possible.
7. HOW TO KNOW
ï¶ How to identify Self-Defeating Statements.
âą âThere is no such thing as truth!â
âą Is that a true statement?
âą âAll truth is relative.â
âą Except the truth that all truth is relative.
âą âI canât speak a word of English.â
âą As I say it in English.
âą âThere are no absolutes!â
âą Except the statement that there are no absolutes.
9. ANSWER
ï¶ Ideas have consequences.
âą Good ideas have good consequences.
âą Bad ideas have bad consequences.
âą False ideas about truth lead to false ideas about life.
C.S. Lewis revealed the absurdity of expecting virtue from people who
are taught that no virtue exists: âIn a sort of ghastly simplicity we
remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without
chests and expect virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are
shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the gelding be
fruitful.â
10. CAN WE KNOW TRUTH?
ï¶ I canât know anything for sure.
âą How do you know you canât know anything for sure?
âą Isnât that a self defeating statement?
âą Is it possible to know âsomethingâ?
11. SKEPTICISM
ï¶ Iâm skeptic about everything.
âą Are you skeptic about your skepticism?
âą Isnât that a self defeating statement?
âą Saying you are skeptic about everything or you canât know anything
are self defeating points of view.
âą They make the truth claim that truth cannot be known.
âą You canât have it both ways.
12. TRUTH CAN BE KNOWN
ï¶ Truth can be known.
ï¶ All truth is absolute.
ï¶ Beliefs or passion does not make something true.
ï¶ Contrary truths are not possible. There cannot be a square circle.
A=A and Cannot = Non A
13. IDEAS HAVE
CONSEQUENCES
ï¶ Your Art expresses IDEAS.
ï¶ Good ideas have good consequences.
ï¶ Bad ideas have bad consequences.
ï¶ As artists we have a responsibility to our audience and society.
ï¶ False ideas about truth lead to false ideas about life.