Use absolute as a noun or an adjective when you’re so sure of something that you know it will never change. Absolute can also mean “without any doubt,” as in the case of an absolute beauty — such as a glamorous movie star or a supermodel — or “without limits,” such as a dictator who has absolute power over the people.

Substance is “in disparity with itself,” shows negativity active within it, and negativity is constitutive of substance’s very being; this is how Hegel cashes out the original enigmatic claim. Substance is Subject because it has negativity, absolute negativity.

The Absolute is the concept of an unconditional reality which transcends limited, conditional, everyday existence. It is often used as an alternate term for a “God” or “the Divine”, especially, but by no means exclusively, by those who feel that the term “God” lends itself too easily to anthropomorphic presumptions.

Pantheism, the doctrine that the universe conceived of as a whole is God and, conversely, that there is no God but the combined substance, forces, and laws that are manifested in the existing universe.

Alethic relativism is the doctrine that there are no absolute truths, i.e., that truth is always relative to some particular frame of reference, such as a language or a culture (cultural relativism). Some forms of relativism also bear a resemblance to philosophical skepticism.

Well, in a way yes, but not really. The truth of sentences, bits of language, is relative to meaning. It’s simply the result of the meaning of words and sentences being relative to linguistic convention. But our everyday notion of truth is not about linguistic convention any more than it is about knowledge or belief.

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University used a series of sophisticated experiments to test a philosophical idea. They found that it is nearly impossible to separate an object’s true identity from the viewer’s perception of it.

An objective claim is a statement about a factual matter-one that can be proved true or false. A subjective claim, on the other hand, is not a factual matter; it is an expression of belief, opinion, or personal preference. …

Based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions. Objective: (of a person or their judgement) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.