Making Sense Of Knowledge And Its Paradoxes: Challenge To The Position (Essay Sample)

Student Name Instructor Subject Date Making Sense of Knowledge and Its Paradoxes Position Claim: Truth is relative Knowledge refers to the facts and information we acquire through experience or education (Caso 1309). However, the justification of this information is relative. We may have information regarding a certain topic, but there exist also probabilities that this information is actually true or from reliable resources. Therefore, when we consider the paradoxes of knowledge, we can say that knowledge is relative to justification (Caso 1310). Similarly, truth is relative. The problem in making sense of knowledge and paradoxes it is the availability of credible support or evidence about this knowledge or paradoxes. One cannot claim to have sufficient knowledge about something just by the mere fact of knowing it. There must exist support evidence or reasoned thinking which justify that the knowledge one has is actually the truth (Caso 1310). Similarly, when making paradoxes, we have to provide reasonable ground, for example, the element of chance, in critiquing this knowledge. When a person says “I will finish this article tomorrow”, he/she is expected to finish it tomorrow. If I know that you will complete the article tomorrow, then the person will finish it tomorrow because this knowledge is implied truth. However, how do I know that the person will finish it tomorrow? I cannot accurately confirm the completion of the paper in the current status, as this knowledge is relative. I have assumed that the article will be complete when I check in tomorrow, even if the person resorts not to. This knowledge will only be confirmed when the said date reaches. This confirmation provides the substantial evidence for the knowledge I had earlier. Therefore, knowledge is only the truth when there is sufficient basis or support for the claim made. The paradoxes come into play when we assess if the person will actually complete the article. These paradoxes give us a range of possibilities in dealing with uncertainties, just like the completion of the paper is a mere prediction. With this range of possibilities, we evaluate the truth and possible course of action if the knowledge stated is not confirmed. Therefore, in case the person fails to complete the paper tomorrow, I will have to provide alternative measures to have the article completed. Such actions are efficient when we have sufficiently made paradoxes to the initial knowledge we had about the person. Challenge to the Position Claim (a challenge to the conclusion of the argument): The truth is constant. Truth is a well-established fact or information (Ninan 439). It has passed the relative test of time, and can be referenced as the absolute knowledge. There are limited probabilities or no paradoxes to this truth. These paradoxes can be perceived as missing information or being wrong for the right reasons. When a person claims that the earth is flat in the current generation, he/she may be considered as absurd or foolish. It is an already established truth that the earth is round. Scientific evidence has already proven the round stature of the earth, and nothing would seem to change this fact. Paradoxes to this truth are treated as foolish and unwarranted reasoning. Therefore, truth is constant. It has withstood the test of time. When stated or a claim about truth is made, it is expected to be accomplished as stated. In the previous predicate about the completion of the paper, when the person says he/she will complete the paper tomorrow, the paper will be completed by tomorrow. The completion of the paper tomorrow is the absolute truth, and nothing will change this truth. Any paradoxes are inconsequential and are considered as being wrong for the right reason. The right reason, in this case, is the completion of the paper by the said date. Being wrong is considering that the paper may not be completed by the said time. Therefore, truth is constant and there are no uncertainties when such truth claims are stated. Evaluation However, I still stand with the truth being relative. Authentic...