I think the concept of freedom, at least in the somewhat loose sense in which it is used in this article, might be as differently perceived as "truth" in our vastly varied narratives of reality. Also, when I think of things like Schrodinger's Cat in quantum theory, I'm not quite so convinced that diametrically opposed things, might, somehow, both be simultaneously true. We are limited by our language and our tenets of logic in ways the real world sometimes seems not to be. I am learning not to ask, "Is it true?" but "How might it be true?"
Good thoughts. Also it's worthwhile to ask, "What does it mean, if [whatever] is true?" Or maybe "What would change, if [whatever] is true?" Thanks for commenting!
Those are also good questions, but it must be recognized that the answers to them might be dependent on the narrative from which they are asked. Asking, non-judgmentally, how something might be true to someone who really believes it helps adjust my perspective to understand the narrative from which such beliefs arise. Then I have a better chance of understanding how those who believe those things might perceive the answers to these questions, too--possibly very different from the way I would.
I agree. We understand others better by trying to see from others' perspectives. Or, said another way, to understand what their presuppositions are. I know that if Person A has certain presuppositions, I might as well be quiet... unless I really want to try to get them to see things from a different presupposition.
I think the concept of freedom, at least in the somewhat loose sense in which it is used in this article, might be as differently perceived as "truth" in our vastly varied narratives of reality. Also, when I think of things like Schrodinger's Cat in quantum theory, I'm not quite so convinced that diametrically opposed things, might, somehow, both be simultaneously true. We are limited by our language and our tenets of logic in ways the real world sometimes seems not to be. I am learning not to ask, "Is it true?" but "How might it be true?"
Good thoughts. Also it's worthwhile to ask, "What does it mean, if [whatever] is true?" Or maybe "What would change, if [whatever] is true?" Thanks for commenting!
Those are also good questions, but it must be recognized that the answers to them might be dependent on the narrative from which they are asked. Asking, non-judgmentally, how something might be true to someone who really believes it helps adjust my perspective to understand the narrative from which such beliefs arise. Then I have a better chance of understanding how those who believe those things might perceive the answers to these questions, too--possibly very different from the way I would.
I agree. We understand others better by trying to see from others' perspectives. Or, said another way, to understand what their presuppositions are. I know that if Person A has certain presuppositions, I might as well be quiet... unless I really want to try to get them to see things from a different presupposition.