Perspective Arguments

[den...@osu.edu]

Does anybody really understand the difference between the Reality of
Distinctions, Many Appearances, and Skepticism. They all sound like
they are saying that nobody can prove that their perspective of
something is true, or that someone else's perspective is false.
Therefore we never know what is a fact, and we can never claim to have
Absolute Truth.

[Nicholaos Jones]

All three arguments try to establish the same conclusion -- you've got
that right. They are different because each gives different reasons
for that conclusion. For instance, the Relativity of Distinctions
argues from the fact that the importance of distinctions is
perspective-relative. The other arguments don't mention importance of
distinctions. The Many Appearances argument focuses on appearances
being different from different perspectives; the other two arguments
don't mention this. So: same conclusion, different reasons.