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- logic - What is the difference between Fact and Truth? - Philosophy . . .
• Chocolate is good = Truth, not fact • I love my mom = Truth, not fact • God exists = Truth, not fact Many things exist in truth (according to an observer), and not fact Truths need an observer to exist Facts stand independent of an observer, wether we like it or not • The sun exists = fact • The earth orbits the sun = fact
- How Exactly Do You Define Truth? - Philosophy Stack Exchange
Deflationary theories of Truth: Deflationism about truth, what is often simply called “deflationism”, is really not so much a theory of truth in the traditional sense, as it is a different, newer sort of approach to the topic Traditional theories of truth are part of a philosophical debate about the nature of a supposed property of truth
- Can truth exist without language? - Philosophy Stack Exchange
In such context, truth and falsehood can be conceptualized as two collections of judgments Truth comprises those judgments that maintain logical consistency, independent of linguistic expression For simplicity, think of two bags: Truth, holding rules that are logically consistent between them; e g 1) I like to eat bugs, 2) eating bugs feels
- logic - The absolute truth paradox - Philosophy Stack Exchange
In this way truth depends on the person establishing a truth Newton's laws, the principle of contradiction, any truth whatever —these are true only as long as Dasein is Before there was any Dasein, there was no truth; nor will there be any after Dasein is no more For in such a case truth as disclosedness, uncovering, and uncoveredness
- logic - Is all truth is relative an absolute truth? - Philosophy . . .
From the truth of (R), it follows that (1) "every truth is relative" is always false But: Refutation of (R): (4) It is possible to adopt an axiomatic system where the truth value of (R) changes, (5) Therefore (R) is not always true, and consequently (1) "every truth is relative" is not always false Is it correct?
- What is the basis for Kants misquote If the truth shall kill them . . .
"The moral principle, “it is a duty to tell the truth” would, if taken unconditionally and singly, make any society impossible We have proof of this in the very direct consequences drawn from this principle by a German philosopher [Kant], who goes so far as to maintain that it would be a crime to lie to a murderer who asked us whether a
- Why do we need to know the truth? - Philosophy Stack Exchange
Should I be able to quantify truth? Yes It is useful We know the truth about electricity and that truth helps us We should focus our search where existing truths point to as-yet-unknown truths Truths may or may not be quantifiable It is not possible to know all truths as proven by Gödel Question 3: Is truth impractical to acquire?
- truth - How does Logic define true and false? - Philosophy Stack . . .
truth and falsity are values given to propositions these values, once determined, have a bearing on the truth values for other propositions the more general the concept the greater the difficuly in defining it what is certain is that meaningful propositions must be capable of being ascribed a truth value in a given context
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