Not Flat
Is there such a concept as absolute truth? Most scientists appreciate that there are proven physical principles and laws that could be considered absolutes, even including, paradoxically, the theories of special and general relativity (Capra 2013). Non-physicist relativists argue that there are no absolutes; truth is relative and is subject to more than one opinion on moral or ethical issues, but there is usually little debate on physical or natural principles. To those who hold the objective rationalization view, they argue that, since all opinions are valid, there can be no absolutes—which itself is an absolute statement. It is internally inconsistent to use objective justifications to deny the existence of truths. This conundrum has been termed epistemic circularity (Goodman 2009, 1–18). Critics maintain that relativists take the essential skill of critical thinking and extrapolate it to an extreme. A reasonable person can conclude that a critical thinker can accept absolute truths but still question other unverified concepts.
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