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{{Drop|M|ost conspiracy theories}} contain a grain of [[truth]]. [[Critical theory]]’s, ironically, is “''there is no such thing as a grain of truth''” | {{Drop|M|ost conspiracy theories}} contain a grain of [[truth]]. [[Critical theory]]’s, ironically, is “''there is no such thing as a grain of truth''” The concept of “[[objective truth]]” makes no sense ''on its own terms''. It is not ''wrong'', so much as ''incoherent''. We are captives of language. “Truth” being a propositional property of a sentence, exists within language and cannot transcend it. “Objective reality” — referentially a property of “the world out there” independent of language, itself is captive of language. There can be no “objective” truth the same way there can’t be a square triangle. It is a [[category error]]. | ||
“Things” — rocks, wristwatches, aeroplanes — are artefacts in the external universe. We presume they have temporal continuity,<ref>Though even temporal continuity is a function of language: computer code has no [[tense]], and therefore no temporal continuity.</ref> whether we see them or not, and whether we talk about them or not. They are independent of us. | “Things” — rocks, wristwatches, aeroplanes — are artefacts in the external universe. We presume they have temporal continuity,<ref>Though even temporal continuity is a function of language: computer code has no [[tense]], and therefore no temporal continuity.</ref> whether we see them or not, and whether we talk about them or not. They are independent of us. | ||