Hello People
This is Sidhu Taran
In this video, I will be sharing “how to
pursue the truth in a rational way”.
So Stay tuned! and watch the video till the
end.
Often people keep bashing each other when
it comes to different ideologies, opinions
or beliefs. Mostly, people tend to think they
are right, others are wrong. And this attitude
lead to conflicts, when other criticize them.
Things may seem true from different standpoints
or there can be multiple interpretations of
a single event. However, unless we learn to
analyse and critique things well, misunderstanding
and conflict with others are bound to happen.
The world is full of duality.
Either it's liberal vs conservative, democracy
vs communism, capitalism vs socialism, left
vs right,good vs bad, and so on.
Sometimes people tend to adhere to views or
facts that resonate with their beliefs without
thinking much, which leads them to a Pshycological
bias called Confirmation bias.
A confirmation biased person try to find the
evidences that can validate his or her preconcieved
notions or beliefs. And the person tend to
reject all counter evidences, while searching
for facts and figures.
Most of the people follow it, either knowing
it consciously or unconsciously.
So, one should avoid being a confirmation
biased person. As it is a faulty method of
reasoning, when it comes to decision making.
Let me introduce you to a more rational approach
that is the Hegelian Dialectic.
It was developed by the German Philosopher
George William Freidrich Hegel.
And it was discussed by the Greek Philosophers
as well as by others in different forms and
was present in the nature since ages.
According to Hegel, it’s dialectic that
drives the development of both the reason
as well as things in the world.
In the Hegelian Dialectic:
There is a thesis statement and the opposite
(antithesis statement).
The conflict between both thesis and antithesis
leads to Synthesis.
Then the synthesis become thesis on conflict
with antithesis give rises to a new thesis.
And the process keeps repeating till infinity
or in other words, it is the never ending process
of development.
For example
The Marx Dialectical Materialism is the perfect
example of this dialectic method.
let's understand it by another example;
Is it ethical to eat meat?
Meat example.
A confirmation biased may argue that the ecology
is driven by prey and prey predator rule.
So, there is nothing wrong, if humans eat
the meat of other species.
Let’s understand it through the Hegelian
dialectic
The antithesis would be- one should not eat
meat, as it is not morally right.
Antithesis of it would be, as we have canine
pair of teeth’s as well. So we can eat meat.
Going further.
Antithesis- As humans have higher level of
consciousness and can feel the pain of others,
so it’s not right to kill other species
for eating purposes.
So, one should not eat meat.
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There can be other profound reasons of eating
or not eating the meat of animals.
So comment down below, what do you think?
what is the right thing to do?
And some people even may argue:
that Ethics or Morality is the mental construct:
Good or Bad does not actually exist, seeing
the voilent nature of universe or life.
well, it's also a perspective.
In other words, It can be said that the truth
progresses from lower truth to higher versions
of truth.
In the end, it's all perspectives, some are
more profound than others and going towards
the absolute truth.
And these perspectives that are closer to
the true nature of reality, help us to understand
and experience the life as it is and who we
really are. So we should be open to other
possibilities of things as well, and not blind
when we encounter something that challenges
our understanding of the universe, life or
anything. As it’s this contradiction of
opposites that lead to change.
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