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How Exactly Do You Define Truth? - Philosophy Stack Exchange
Well, the truth itself is the way things are, and like you're saying, there isn't so much we can do to further define that. It just is. But there's a second consideration, which is that humans make claims about the way things are. These claims may be considered as sequences of characters, or noises, or perhaps patterns of mental activity. And we call some of these claims true, and other claims ...
logic - What is the difference between Fact and Truth? - Philosophy ...
Truth is what the singer gives to the listener when she’s brave enough to open up and sing from her heart. But still curious about the difference between both of them. In our daily life, in general conversation, we generally use these both terms interchangeably. Then what is the difference? Are they synonym or have specific difference?
logic - The absolute truth paradox - Philosophy Stack Exchange
"There is no absolute truth because we as humans are restrained from ever knowing it" is fallacious, what humans can know imposes no restriction on what is. And "this" will only be a way out of the paradox after it specifies which axioms of classical logic are supposed to be dropped, and shows that what is left is enough and otherwise reasonable. There are several options described in standard ...
truth - What is opinion? - Philosophy Stack Exchange
It is commonly agreed that there is a clear distinction between fact and opinion. Physical facts can be verified. Opinion varies and may be based on faith. But what about opinions which, over time,
Why do we need to know the truth? - Philosophy Stack Exchange
The first two paragraphs are talking about not necessarily needing to know truth, but the latter two imply that for achieving goals or empowering us to do so, understanding of how the world works (=discovering the truth about the world) is essential.
Can truth exist without language? - Philosophy Stack Exchange
5 "Whether truth can exist without language" and "that truth is an objective reality that exists independently of us" are not opposed claims, although they don't imply one another. A Platonist would tell you that language, like other mental objects, exists in the ideal realm whether people are around to think about it or not.
Is there such a thing as absolute proof? - Philosophy Stack Exchange
In classical logic, all contradictions are false, so if we to put a truth table of p and p ∧ ¬p, it would go like this: As you can see, the truth value of the contradiction is always false. There are other indemonstrables aside from the LNC, such as the law of excluded-middle, which can also be called as the principle of bivalence.
What is the philosophical difference between "Reality" and "Truth"?
Truth is a property of propositions, mostly propositions claiming facts. Hence truth lives in a completely different domain. "It rains today" is a proposition which claims a fact. The proposition can be true or false. On the other hand, facts are not true or false. Instead, they are or they are not. See also What is the difference between Fact ...
logic - Is finding truth possible? - Philosophy Stack Exchange
Finding truths is definitely possible, finding important truths harder; finding all important truths is much, much harder, and maybe impossible except for the truly enlightened - and these people are rare.
Is there such a thing as completely objective truth?
Apologies if this question has been asked before, I looked at similar ones and couldn't find one that answered this exact question. Is there such a thing as truth completely independent of conditio...
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