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Mind Analogies Falsehood

 
 
Reply Sun 5 Oct, 2008 11:18 am
Are analogies false?

Is a mind in analogies a reality in falsity, or falsehood?

If we ever look at the truth as something depicted based on subjective judgement or whatever our mind uncontrollably makes if it, then relative to objectiveness, the truth is really just an analogy in the form of a qualia, thought object, etc., and is therefore a falsehood.

So is the mind deterministic because of this? I am of course a little confused here.:confused:
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Reply Sun 5 Oct, 2008 06:12 pm
@Holiday20310401,
An analogy compares one thing to another, and is more apt if either 1) the comparison does not rest on trivial attributes, but on essential, and 2) rests on many similarities not just one.

An analogy does not assert that one thing is exactly like another, but that they are similar in some respects; in this case, using truth or falsity seems inappropriate.

If we conditionally posit that truth is in some sense subjective, or at least has a subjective contributing component, this does not make truth a falsehood unless one assumes that truth MUST be something different from (or independent of) a subjective one.To say that truth is relative is to present a different definition (or definitions) of it in which the commonly used concepts of truth or falsehood are not applicable (or applicable in each and every case).

Interestingly enough, Nietzsche suggests that at least as far as universal terms are concerned, they are built up by analogy. His example is "leaf" which is made by analogy to all the examples of leaves; to the extent that the universal erases all the variations we see in each leaf, he suggests that it is "false."
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Reply Sun 5 Oct, 2008 08:41 pm
@jgweed,
Well I was thinking that the mind has to work in analogies, and therefore there is no truth conveyed, so reality is falsehood. Kinda simple, so yeah I guess, thinking now, its rather silly to suggest falsity.
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Reply Mon 6 Oct, 2008 07:21 am
@Holiday20310401,
You would have to establish first what you mean by analogies and that the mind ALWAYS works by analogy in its understanding of the world (reality). If universals, for example, ignore difference for the sake of sameness, is this necessarily false? How does analogy operate in the area of matter of fact (e.g.,my dog, Mollie, is sleeping on the sofa).Then you must establish rules and procedures to determine "truth" and show that analogical thinking fails to follow them in either ALL instances.
A different position might be easier to hold if one were to make some distinctions about differing kinds of objects of knowledge, and then showing that in SOME kinds, the analogy fails to meet the rules and procedures that guarantee their truth.
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