Modern speech often treats truth as if it were a viewpoint. We say, almost without noticing what we have said, “that is your truth,” “this is my truth,” or “truth depends on where you stand.” Such phrases can sound generous. They seem to make room for experience, humility, and difference. But they also blur realities that must be kept distinct if thought is to remain honest.
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Truth is not a perspective
Why the modern flattening of truth into vantage point quietly destroys the notion of a vantage point.
