A new introduction to philosophy studies the relativism of truth and different responses to opinions

You might have seen people saying things like, “This is my truth.” It looks like they’re merely describing their experience. In that case, it really isn’t their truth but THE truth about their experience, which is not different from the truth that the Earth revolves around the sun.

But you still have people saying that there is no such thing as the truth, but truth is subjective and only relative to cultures or to your and my perspective. What does this mean?

When we say that something is relative, it means that it varies from person to person or across cultures. Something is absolute when it is constant and doesn’t vary between people or societies. Relative to me, the jackfruit ice cream is tasty. Relative to my wife, who doesn’t like jackfruit, the jackfruit ice cream isn’t tasty. The jackfruit ice cream is not tasty per se; it is only tasty for people at times. My wife and I aren’t really disagreeing.

So, when people say that truth is relative, they say that there is no such thing as truth full stop; there is only truth for people at times. According to the relativist, when someone says it is true for me that the earth revolves...

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