Capital T truths... And other such fun and nonsense

In light of Kaylee's post, our reading, and Doug's feedback from my last post, I figure we've come a point where we are talking about or maybe just even thinking about the idea of Truths. (Notice the capital T.) As Kaylee points out, we accept it as a Truth that the sun rises each morning and sets each night and moves around the Earth in a certain way depending on certain circumstances that have recurred so many times we know them to be True. The Capital T Truth is one which we assume we know with absolute certainty is something we can depend on as a constant. These are things we regard as self-evident and permanent. We accept these things almost blindly. Yet, each Truth that we talk about, I feel, is made up of many smaller, partial truths. (Notice the lower case t.) Depending on the situation, the person and the way in which they view and understand the world--depending on many things--we find that no singular Truth is absent the partial truths of the world relative to all sorts of contingent circumstances. Yet, as Doug pointed out to me, even to say that there are "No Truths and only truths" is to create a Truth about the non-existence of Truths. Truths assume that there is only one correct way to look at the world, or one correct way in which something is happening/going to happen. Needless to say it gets us pretty close to the idea of A Priori that we delved into in class. If we believe it to be a truth does that make it a Truth?

When I read Kaylee's post, it really got me thinking that maybe the two paradigms do exist in a way that allows them to be mutually exclusive, yet in such a way that people can find truths in each, in order to formulate the Truths upon which they base their lives. I found this awfully nifty chart on Triangulations where the writer broke down the different ways to look at truths. And I think that the chart on that website more readily describes how I am starting to see things. I am starting to see that each paradigm can be truths, and based on the situations in which people find themselves within either the rational or narrative paradigm, they begin to further the develop the truths of their lives. Sorry if this sounds super space-cadet-y or even repetitive but its the circle that my mind is running around right now. It's also pretty late and I'm pretty sleepy so that could have an effect too. I hope this gives you something to work with Anjeli!