Relative or Determinate Truth
摘要
If one speaks of ‘truths’, in the plural, then one has to recognise that if ‘all’ are equally ‘truths’, there is in each of them an aspect that makes them all equally true, even though they differ from each other. What makes them ‘true’ is precisely the unifying aspect, which is one and the same (unum atque idem) in each of them. This aspect is not absolute truth, but it is something determined and configures the inevitable form that shows the unifying function of the undeniable absolute truth on the relative. Insofar as it brings multiplicity back to unity, it counts as undeniable intention, since intention indicates the self-transcending of each determination. If, therefore, such truths are thought of from the standpoint of absolute truth, one cannot but call them ‘non-truths’. If, on the other hand, they are thought of from the empirical-formal point of view, then they can be called ‘relative truths’, ‘determinate’ or even ‘systemic’.