I caught a guest viewing this topic while snooping, so why not bring this back to life and have further discussions about whether or not truth is relative (or absolute)?
In my opinion, truth is what is considered to be facts according to someone's perception and senses (not to be confused with opinions).
For example, for me, it is a truth that I'm typing on this computer a post that'll soon be submitted to this forum in this exact thread, and it is a truth (from my perspective) that this will have already been submitted once I've clicked the Post button and let the submit code do its thingy.
It is a truth that I'm sitting on a chair at the moment, a very uncomfortable chair, mind you. It is a truth that the chair has a brown seat.
It is a truth that I have two hands and two eyes and two ears and two feet and one mouth and one nose, etc.
From my perspective, these are all truths.
But what about how and what others perceive?
What color will a color blind person see when he's looking at the seat of my chair? Will he see brown or a different color? If it's a different color, is he not telling the truth by stating what color he himself sees?
Who's to say who's seeing the "absolutely true" color?
In this sense, truth can be relative.
But there's also the sense in which it must be absolute.
One simple example is in the following question:
Is the statement that truth can be relative an absolutely truth?
To this, the most proper answer I can come up with is that, yes, it's an absolute truth.
So, in my view, some truths are absolute and some are relative (depending on one's perspectives).
