forum for week of 21 Nov: the appeal of truth relativism

"It is either true or false in the present that the coin will land heads in the future, if it’s true then the coin will, in fact, land heads."

This isn't right though in any theory. There is always an infinite number of possibilities to any action. Leaning towards the probable doesn't create truth.

"I view this argument to be extremely close to determinism, and I don’t wish to conceptualize truth in this way. I want to be able to have the free will to influence which events will become truths in my life."

I don't think you should shape your views on what you want to conceptualize as true but what is true. Besides, freewill has many levels but there is a fundamental flaw at the very idea of it so it seems irrelavent to truth.

PerrySieben17:17, 24 November 2011