I think you miss the mark here by a bit, Mariam. Not hard to do given how difficult this may be to read, and given that the authors do include your perspective as a starting place. Check in with Danya and others to learn of their perspective. I am happy to walk you through it step by step. cct3
By what means do people create antinomies to truth according to the authors of this reading?
Antinomies:
1. A contradiction or opposition, especially between two laws or rules
2. A contradiction between principles or conclusions that seem equally reasonable and necessary: a paradox
What point are these authors making? Do you agree?
The author is trying to prove that there is no absolute truth since everyone believes what he or she wants to believe not necessarily what is true, and because of that the truth is often distorted. I also agree with this idea, because I have seen it happen time after time, where people would hold on to what they believe is the truth because he or she either has personal benefits from it, was raised with this idea or whatever the reason might be. Sometimes it is just difficult to accept that everything or something you strongly believe in is actually not the truth.
By what means do people create antinomies to truth according to the authors of this reading?
Antinomies:
1. A contradiction or opposition, especially between two laws or rules
2. A contradiction between principles or conclusions that seem equally reasonable and necessary: a paradox
What point are these authors making? Do you agree?
The author is trying to prove that there is no absolute truth since everyone believes what he or she wants to believe not necessarily what is true, and because of that the truth is often distorted. I also agree with this idea, because I have seen it happen time after time, where people would hold on to what they believe is the truth because he or she either has personal benefits from it, was raised with this idea or whatever the reason might be. Sometimes it is just difficult to accept that everything or something you strongly believe in is actually not the truth.
The IB Ways of Knowing (WOK)
Perception: belief, empathy, ethics, logic.
Emotion: faith, introspection, empathy, conscience.
Language: acquaintance, authority.
Reason: belief, acquaintance, practice, instinct, ethics, empirical, logical, authority, memory.