https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3 en-us 2022-09-28 03:27:53 UTC 2022-12-15 01:59:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f348.png thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316745657 2022-09-28 03:32:41 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316745657 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316745900 2022-09-28 03:32:56 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316745900 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316746101 2022-09-28 03:33:08 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316746101 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316746299 2022-09-28 03:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316746299 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316746390 2022-09-28 03:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316746390 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316746472 2022-09-28 03:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316746472 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316746749 2022-09-28 03:33:41 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316746749 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316746854 2022-09-28 03:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316746854 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316746977 2022-09-28 03:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316746977 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316747833 Most of humanity lives in the world of senses, shadows and images of the truly real. The real world is beyond the world of senses and is made up of purely ideas. Ideas and thoughts are more valuable than objects and forces, thus mind over matter is key. Matter is simply a by-product of the mind.]]> 2022-09-28 03:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316747833 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316747958 Idealism and theology fit together easily because idealism assumes that universal truths exist. Some idealists believe there is an Absolute Self who is constantly thinking in the realm of ideas and thoughts.]]> 2022-09-28 03:35:00 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316747958 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316751902 Truth must be consistent, coherent and have internal and logical consistency to be valid. Things that fit into the nature of the universe are true.]]> 2022-09-28 03:39:03 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316751902 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316760874 "If a tree falls in the forest, does it even make a sound?" - Dear Evan Hansen (and many philosophers throughout the years).
Something only exists if it is in the mind of some transcendent being or if there is knowledge of it.]]> 2022-09-28 03:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316760874 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316762658 Thinkers and philosophers should fill the most important places in society, because only they have the gift of true understanding of the reality of ideas through intellect.
The majority of humans live in the world of senses, not true reality, and therefore have an inferior existence.]]> 2022-09-28 03:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316762658 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316763111 Morality is aligning with the Universal Moral law. An ethical life is living in harmony with the universe. ]]> 2022-09-28 03:50:22 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316763111 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316767417 Value is placed in things that reflect the ideal. Art should show the Absolute as beautiful, and the ultimate and universal parts of the world. The ultimate and universal parts of the world should be shown in their most ideal state, as the Absolute self sees it. True beauty shows reality in its most perfect form.]]> 2022-09-28 03:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316767417 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316770307 Idealists gain knowledge from intuition, revelation, and rationalism.]]> 2022-09-28 03:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316770307 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316772936 Truth is based in the reality of ideas. What is true is the idea of something that is retained in the mind. Knowing is mentally grasping ideas and concepts. Knowing is based on faith and ideas in the mental world rather than experiencing something.]]> 2022-09-28 04:01:17 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316772936 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316778197 Matter exists regardless of whether or not it is known by a mind. Reality can be observed through using our senses.
What people think about the universe does not change its reality. Reality operates according to natural law controlling the physical, moral, psychological, social, political, and economic spheres.]]> 2022-09-28 04:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2316778197 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318363787 Humans all respond to environmental stimuli. They are subject to natural law and as such are not free in their choices. In essence, people can be programmed. ]]> 2022-09-28 23:27:33 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318363787 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318363945 Matter does not exist without form. Reality is the physical. ]]> 2022-09-28 23:27:50 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318363945 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318367017 Truth is what can be observed through senses. Things are true if they make sense. Through study and observation of matter, we can discover what is true.]]> 2022-09-28 23:32:23 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318367017 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318367184 Truth can be learned through the senses. General principles can be gleaned from observation. Nature speaks for itself and it makes sense. Realists use the inductive method to learning about the natural world.]]> 2022-09-28 23:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318367184 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318367347 Realists abide by the correspondence theory. This says that valid truth is truth that is aligned with the actual situation as seen by the observer.]]> 2022-09-28 23:32:46 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318367347 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318367468 Nature has a moral law. Values and moral can be discovered through the observation of nature. All humans have the possibility of discovering the natural moral law.]]> 2022-09-28 23:32:57 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318367468 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318367615 The laws of the natural order are the basis for what is beautiful. Artists should create what they realistically see. The logic and order of the universe and nature contains the criteria for what is beautiful. Rationality is shown in pattern, balance, line, texture, and form.]]> 2022-09-28 23:33:08 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318367615 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318368348 The universe is permanent, unchanging, logical, reasonable, and understandable. Reality is what is reasonable and logical. For anything that is beyond human understanding, faith may be applied.]]> 2022-09-28 23:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318368348 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318368552 Nature has design, order, and cause-effect relationships that point to a First Cause or an Unmoved Mover. This being is made up of pure reason. The universe was created with reason and reasonable people.]]> 2022-09-28 23:34:29 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318368552 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318368665 Humans are rational animals. The highest purpose of humanity is think. Because humans are rational, they are capable of understanding the world because it is also rational.]]> 2022-09-28 23:34:37 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318368665 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318368767 The natural world is governed by reason. The supernatural world is understood through intuition, revelation, and faith.]]> 2022-09-28 23:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318368767 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318368918 Truth is self-evident and can be discovered through intuition.  Truth is determined by what can be observed and proven. The rest can be intuited by faith. Both observation and ideas can be true.]]> 2022-09-28 23:34:57 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318368918 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318369187 Knowledge is gained through reason. For things beyond understanding, faith in divine revelation must be trusted. 
There are three kinds of truth. Intuitive truth is a statement that finds its predicate in the subject. Synthetic truth depends on experience and must be tested. Finally, Analytic statements are logically and intrinsically true.
Sources of truth are reason, intuition, deductive thinking, and supernatural revelation.]]> 2022-09-28 23:35:16 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318369187 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318369313 Lower level truth relies on reason, while higher truth relies on first principles and faith. The highest truths are logical, permanent, and unchanging. Existing truth can be proved through rational processes.]]> 2022-09-28 23:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318369313 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318369466 The moral life is in harmony with reason. Humans are rational beings and what is good is controlled by rationality. Good people are those whose desire and will is controlled by their intellect. It is reasonable to do what is good. What is good is what is rational, even if the rational outcome is bad.]]> 2022-09-28 23:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318369466 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318369554 Art is self-evident to artists. Humans have creative intuition and an inborn tendency toward creativity. Even though art is seeking to escape meaning, it still has meaning innately.]]> 2022-09-28 23:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2318369554 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319838445 Reality has no order. If reality had any order, people would have no way of knowing it. We live in a reality experiences and have no way knowing if anything beyond human experience is real or true. Reality is constantly changing as the human experience changes and broadens. As humanity's perspective changes, what is real changes.]]> 2022-09-29 17:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319838445 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319838815 Belief is private.]]> 2022-09-29 17:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319838815 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319839263 Humans are experiencers. As we go throughout life we gain experience. Teachers guide experiences with their broadened perspective of the world. Experiencing is important in the learning process.]]> 2022-09-29 17:35:16 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319839263 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319839902 Humans know matter as they experience it. Reality and the knower cannot be separated. ]]> 2022-09-29 17:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319839902 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319840790 Knowledge is rooted in experience. Knowledge is created as perspective broadens through interacting with the environment. ]]> 2022-09-29 17:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319840790 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319841014 Truth can be discovered through experience and interaction with the environment. Knowledge can also be found in observation of a problem.]]> 2022-09-29 17:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319841014 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319841244 Valid truth is what works. Truth must fit in with the public empirical experience. Truth is relative to the situational context.]]> 2022-09-29 17:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319841244 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319841537 There are no absolutes. Values are all relative and change as cultures change. Ultimately, what is moral is what works for the social good. The best action is what leads to the best results.]]> 2022-09-29 17:36:50 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319841537 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319841831 Beauty is found in human experience. Beauty must fit the social test and what is beautiful depends on the feelings of people when they have an aesthetic experience. Art offers humans a new dimension of feeling and emotional contact with others. ]]> 2022-09-29 17:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319841831 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319843175 The primary reality is the existence of a person. Reality is what the individual chooses it to be. There is no meaning in the world apart from individual existence.]]> 2022-09-29 17:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319843175 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319843374 Reality is created through language. The nature of reality is determined by whoever has the power to shape language.]]> 2022-09-29 17:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319843374 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319843604 Individuals have whatever purpose they have created, but there is universal purpose in the universe. The individual, personal choice, and commitment are central to the theology of existentialists.]]> 2022-09-29 17:38:18 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319843604 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319846646 Humans determine who they are with the choices they make. There is no nature of man. Individuals are what they create themselves to be, or the result of their choices. Individuals must make responsible choices. Making choices is inescapable, and the purpose of human life.]]> 2022-09-29 17:40:22 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319846646 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319847734 People try to control each other with language. People should try to deconstruct language in order  to escape being held captive by the dominant language. Diversity should be celebrated and is a key in in deconstructing languages of power.]]> 2022-09-29 17:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319847734 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319848274 Existence precedes essence.]]> 2022-09-29 17:41:26 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319848274 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319849570 The individual gives truth and meaning to the things around them since there is no meaning or truth built into the universe. Individuals choose what to believe is true.]]> 2022-09-29 17:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319849570 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319849760 Postmodernists believe in epistemological subjectivity. People construct their their own knowledge and truth. There are only opinions, but not truth. As metanarratives are broken down, individual narratives of the oppressed can be used to create social constructions of truth.]]> 2022-09-29 17:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319849760 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319850009 All knowledge comes from the individuals. Humans must personally makes decisions about what is true or not. The individual has the authority to create truth through existential choice. ]]> 2022-09-29 17:42:03 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319850009 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319850337 All presumed sources of truth are untrustworthy. There is no real truth because language shapes thought before we even think. Everything is under the influence of presuppositions and metanarratives which are found in language and used to control people. We cannot know anything. There are no universal truths, reality, or one source of truth because these are all based on interpretation which is influenced by unconscious presuppositions and metanarratives.]]> 2022-09-29 17:42:16 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319850337 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319850649 Each individual personally discovers and creates their own truth. Truth is anything that has been determined by an individual. Valid truth is the personal choice of truth for a particular person. Any truth could be true for any individual.]]> 2022-09-29 17:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319850649 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319850862 There is no valid truth. There is no way to truly understand reality because all human thought is distorted by language and metanarratives. The only thing people can know is that their constructions of knowledge are compatible with other constructions they have created. All knowledge is conjectured and fallible.]]> 2022-09-29 17:42:38 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319850862 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319851165 Individuals are all free to make their own choices. There are no absolutes. Individuals must live with the results of their personal choices. Individuals who are responsible act on their decisions to be authentic to self. Every individual has the potential to better, worsen, or destroy the human existence. ]]> 2022-09-29 17:42:48 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319851165 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319851415 There are no stated moral absolutes, however there is a concern about dominance and oppression. Wrong is anything that oppresses or silences the oppressed and minorities. Terms like democracy, tolerance, and justice are at the base of value judgements. Social ethics are prioritized, where groups and individuals have responsibility for the social whole. ]]> 2022-09-29 17:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319851415 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319851771 The individual determines what is beautiful to them. Each individual decides what they personally believe is beautiful. Art is a revolt against the public standard. ]]> 2022-09-29 17:43:08 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319851771 thecolordiamond https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319852088 Beauty is found in things that amplify oppressed voices and represent diversity.]]> 2022-09-29 17:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/thecolordiamond/zhfv8echguttycg3/wish/2319852088