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ANNOTATION:
Absolute truth is not so easy to define

Descartes' "I think, therefore I am" or thoughts like I am aware of myself therefore if there is to be an absolute thruth that should be my self-being are somewhat related to the semiology. If you say "I" you already defined yourself as "different than the rest". In other words, if there exist an "I" then there have to exist some "others" that make you an "I". So, by just saying or thinking "I" you accepted "the others" and the concept of "absolute truth" gets complicated..


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Caglar Irmak (caglar_irmak[at]yahoo.com)

Date
Aug 7, 2002

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