On 4/12/02 11:50:00 AM, porter smith wrote:
>Tompkins concludes that one
>single truth can never be
>found because to her, truth
>lies in a persons perspective;
>there are a lot of different
>perspectives out there. Truth,
>to her, is perception. She
>comes to this conclusion by
>realizing that even though she
>took a subjective, non-biased
>approach, her own opinions
>slipped into her research and
>she judged naturally. I agree
>that human judgement will find
>its way into every situation.
>But what I don't understand is
>how a person can believe in a
>truth, whether its their own
>made up truth or adopted, and
>accept the fact that there are
>other truths, different
>truths, that are true for
>other people, but not for that
>person. What does that tell
>you about that persons
>believing? I tells me that
>that person is not really
>strong in their truth and
>aren't willing to take a stand
>in what they believe in.
>Tompkins has her own truth but
>she never really spills her
>guts in what she believes in.
>I think her conclusion is
>powerless. It is not a valid
>argument.

It gets pretty deep as you think more and more about what truth is, huh. I think it is good for people to stand up for what they believe in. I think one should not be a follower, they should listen and then decide what they think the truth really is. Good thinking Porter.