Is Truth Relative?. Issue 2 (26th April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Washburn, Phil
• Is Part Of: Journal of constructivist psychology. Volume 35:Issue 2(2022)
• Page Start: 432
• Page End: 447
• Publication Date: 2022-04-26
• Subjects: Personal construct theory -- Periodicals; Constructivism (Psychology) -- Periodicals; 150.1985
• DOI: 10.1080/10720537.2020.1727389
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1072-0537

Abstract

Abstract: It is possible that truth as we know it is obsolete. Sometimes it seems that different groups in the United States live in completely different worlds. If "post-truth" means truth has been shattered, segmented, and distributed among different groups, then perhaps post-truth has arrived. Several philosophers have claimed that truth is indeed relative to a person's language or conceptual framework. I examine four arguments philosophers use to support their theory, and try to show that none of these arguments is sound. We may live in a post-truth society, but if so, it's not because truth is relative.