What is the truth?
The truth is how things are. But we cannot know what they are like, only how we interpret them.
Each person is an interpretive world. The truth cannot be accessed regardless of who observes and interprets it. The truth (or how things are) exists. But no one can know it for what it really is. Her knowledge will always be colored by the perception of the observer.
Therefore, we cannot know an absolute truth. What is true for human beings will be everything that is consistent with other propositions that we accept as valid.
Can we postulate the truth?
If, as we have said, we cannot access the truth, how things really are, but we can only interpret them, we cannot postulate the truth.
Does that mean that everything we say or support has the same value? What is the price to pay or what do we gain by sacrificing the assumption that human beings are not capable of accessing the truth? The answer is that although we cannot access the truth but only interpretations of how things are, that does not mean that every interpretation is the same as any other.
What makes different interpretations different is our judgment on the power of each of them.
What are the powerful "truths"?
Any proposal or interpretation of how things are opens and closes certain possibilities in the life of a human being.
It enables or disables to follow certain paths or courses of action. The choice for one or another interpretation can be based on that criterion of the most empowering power.
Powerful "truths" are those that empower me the most, open more doors for me, allow me to follow actions that make me more competent. Powerful "truths" are most richly savored, spiced with illusion and directed to action.
