This reflection explores the ontological and epistemological distinction between truth as an autonomous entity and our subjective conceptions, categorized as "truth" about truth. The author points out a fundamental methodological error in intellectual discussions, where truth's essence is often confused with human hypotheses, conjectures, and beliefs. While our "truth" about truth represents a specific act of consciousness or a theoretical construct, truth itself exists entirely outside these psychic processes and cannot be contained within any act of consciousness as an internal component. The text emphasizes the intentionality of human consciousness, which aims toward truth but, by nature, can never fully encompass it. This distinction is crucial for understanding the limits of human knowledge and the nature of objective reality, which transcends intellectual operations. This thought invites a rigorous consideration of how we formulate truth claims and perceive the gap between our consciousness and the absolute object to which it refers in the pursuit of truth.
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◆ philosophical diary – record, Czech, origin: 19. 9. 1999
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- 1999