Thursday, 10 May 2012

Epistemology: Discussion, Reflection, Synthesis (What is truth?)


Chuang address the following questions: “Suppose you and I argue.  If you beat me instead of me beating you, are you really right and am I really wrong?  If I beat you instead of you beating me, am I really right and are you really wrong?  Or are we both partly right and partly wrong?  Or are we both wholly right and wholly wrong? How does the belief and distinction of right and wrong regarding the truth lead to conflicts?

In Chinese philosophy, Chuang questions the right and wrong between certain situations. In the following passage he tries to examine the difference between the two people’s rights and wrong, and their version of truth. Since there are varies of opinions and beliefs of ‘the truth’, it concludes with conflicts among people, cultural groups, religious groups, etc. Chuang tries to tries to demonstrate in his analysis why “there is no room for arguments”, due to the fact he analysis how the difference between the right and wrong does not conclude into a belief conflict. While examining this passage, I concluded that if the right is discovered, proven, and evident and understood the wrong should be disregarded – which leaves “no room” for arguments. However then the understanding of the truth is hardly always perceived the same way. This then creates conflicts between the different faiths and knowledge distinct by the level and variety of experiences.  This examination can be applied to the concepts of religion as there are always conflicts between religions regarding the opposite belief systems – “which religion speaks the truth?” is the question often asked by the believers of followers of religions. However Chuang addresses the concept of who is really wrong and who is really right, as the truth is always different in every perception, thus there will always be a distinction which will always lead real life cultural, religious, etc, conflicts.

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