THE ISSUE: WHO IS SAYING THE TRUTH?
PTOLEMY—OF THE FIRST CENTURY—EARTH IS THE CENTER(GEOCENTRIC)
OR
COPERNICUS –OF THE 16TH CENTURY—SUN IS THE CENTER(HELEOCENTRIC)
WHAT REALLY IS TRUE? WHAT IS TRUTH THEN? IS IT OBJECTIVE? ITBELONGS TO THE OBJECT? IS IT SUBJECTIVE? IT BELONGS TO THE PERSON SAYING IT?
1. PARAGRAPH 1—GIVE YOUR INSIGHTS ON THE FOLLOWING: What istruth? How do we know it? These are two goodquestions which are part of the long tradition of Philosophy, and now theproblem of epistemology. They are called perennial issues because they keepreturning to philosophical discussion—now we turn to the issue again as toWHERE THE TRUTH LIES? IS IT IN THE OBJECT ITSELF? OR IS IT IN THE SUBJECT (THEPERSON) CLAIMING IT TO BE?
2. PARAGRAPH 2–CRITICIZE THE POSITION OF PTOLEMY, THEISSUES OF HOW TRUTH WAS FOUND? –ABSENCE OF TECHNOLOGY—BUT BY OBSERVATION ANDSIGHT? WHY COPERNICUS THEORY WAS A BIT CREDIBLE AND RELIABLE? WHAT IS THE BASISOF REALIABITY AND CREDIBILITY? CAN WE NOW RELY ON SCIENCE WITHOUT TECHOLOGICALTOOLS WHICH USES OBSERVATION, SIGHT AND SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS? OR CAN WE RELY MOREON TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS AND MODERN EQUIPMENT TO FIND THE TRUTH. WHY?SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER.
