Objective truth in light of the theory of cognition
How is objective truth possible in light of a subjective theory of cognition (Kant, for example)?
The rabbi mentioned this briefly in this interview , but why doesn’t the theory of cognition necessarily lead to a postmodern view that there is no truth at all?
(Sorry for the simplistic wording, I tried not to make it complicated)
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I don’t think Kant had a subjective theory of cognition. This is a common and incorrect interpretation in my opinion. He only insisted on the fact (and not on the opinion) that all of our cognition is colored with subjective colors. Every perception is made in our language. But still what we perceive and describe is the world itself. Therefore, this relativity actually strengthens the objectivist perception. Like the relativity between different geometric systems, which, contrary to the words of various demagogues, is a pure expression of objective truth. Different geometries reflect different realities (curved spaces). No two different geometries describe the same reality (in the same space). And so it is with Einstein’s theory of relativity, which describes objective physics from the perspectives of different systems.
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