Paradox is a pointer telling you to look beyond it. If paradoxes bother you, that betrays your deep desire for absolutes. The relativist treats a paradox merely as interesting, perhaps amusing or even, dreadful thought, educational.
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on Apr 7th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Do you consider yourself an absolutist or a relativist?
on Apr 7th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Definitely more of the latter. I like to think science, and in my next post I present science’s view. How ’bout you?
on Apr 7th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
I would much prefer to look at the world thinking that there is a form of absolutism. Our past for example is an example of absolutes. Whilst our ideas might be one of relativists, I believe that eventually down the line, we are all looking for some form of absolute idealism.
Paradoxes does not change the facts but offer a logical exercise to come up with a theoretical conclusion.