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The Criterion Of Truth?
We are often told that the purpose of life is to seek the truth. My question is, what is the criterion for determining truth? Some suggest that personal satisfaction or logical coherence is enough to declare something as true. However, atheists like Bertrand Russell argue that the purpose of life should be the pursuit of knowledge and happiness, and truth can be subjective, depending on an individual’s perspective.
How can we reconcile these views? Should our focus be on finding truth, or should it be on knowledge and happiness? Moreover, if truth is entirely subjective and based on individual understanding, how can one claim that someone more knowledgeable (like Bertrand Russell) or there are many wrong while believing themselves to be correct, especially when they lack the same depth of understanding? Does absolute truth even exist, or is it entirely relative?
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The Criterion Of Truth?
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Objective truth and really exist that is why people claim justice and demand to fulfil moral responsibility from others.
At micro level in some situations morality and truth are subjective but one should not confuse the macro and micro level in this regard. Even Russell in his personal practical life doesn’t give concession to his opponents on the basis that their opinions can be true because truth is relative. This is the contradiction in thought and practice.
A great mind is not always correct. If it is, other great minds won’t differ from each other.
Realizing the truth of religion is simple, but the problem is that the so-called rational mind uses double standards. The usual behaviour is that they believe in things seen and unseen on the basis of convincing probability. But when it comes to religion they demand extra concrete evidence. Even in pure physics and pure maths things are believed to be probable to the extent the one believes, on the basis of evidence and calculations and accuracy of predictions. Islam provides all these grounds to make people believe.
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If truth is as simple and evident as some claim why did great minds fail to recognize it easily? Doesn’t the fact that such profound thinkers spent years searching for truthh indicate that it is not as simple or self evident as it claimed if trutg requires a long intellectual journey to uncover, does that not contradict the notion of its simplicity and clarity?
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