#10) “Context Is All” (Margaret Atwood). Does This Mean That There Is Not Such Thing As Truth?
Submitted by mariamnabeel on March 8, 2008
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Context is a word that would have the meaning of the variable factors under which a situation happens. In this case, when Margaret Atwood’s “Context is all” quote is kept into consideration, the variables would be Religion, Ethics and Science in order to help prove such a theory. Although the paradox that is noticed whilst looking at the question given is whether “is it true, that there is no such thing as truth?” it would be contradictory to oneself to approach such a question. As if one believes that there is no truth, as the ultimate truth, then there would not be no such thing as truth, if what is believed was considered as the truth. Using Religion, Ethics and Science would be in order to prove that indeed Context is all. And that it is what influences the different truths found in different circumstance that will be examined.
Religion is a set of attitudes,...