2006-07-23 17:58:42 · 16 answers · asked by lowonbrain 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
To me, they may, AND may not be the same thing – so I’ll let you guys decide; and that’s a FACT (at least NOW it is - the time element and points of reference are always among the determining factors as well).
2006-07-25 19:44:35 · update #1
Truth is Fact. It is Fact without a disguise and without holding back.
Truth is not politically correct.
Truth is correct.
Truth does not rely on majority rule. Truth does not take a vote.
Jesus is the way the truth and the life.
"Right is Right even if no-body's right.
Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong."
Believe this was said by Bishop Fulton Sheen.
2006-07-23 18:19:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Fact" is nothing more than what a consensus of experts in a given field of study believe to be true. It is what is accepted by those experts as true until new information is discovered that changes the consensus. We use "facts" as tools to get closer to
"truth."
"Truth" does not depend on consensus. It is what is right/correct
etc., independent of what people believe it to be. It's an abstraction.
How one distinguishes truth from fact depends on how one defines the terms, obviously. My defintion works for me because it is in line with how science, philosophy, and theology work.
There has never been and never will be a "fact" in science
that hasn't beem accepted by peer review. Until it is accepted it is
only a theory or hypothesis. And far from being irrefutable,
scientific "facts" are overturned all the time.
If one defines "fact" as "something that is true" it is a definition useful for conversation, but it's philosophically useless.
2006-07-24 01:56:15 · answer #2 · answered by Steve 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A fact is something that is demonstratable and irrefutable.
Truth is subject to manipulation and individual agendas.
They hopefully go hand in hand, but often times do not because of greed.
It is a fact AND THE TRUTH that this reply gives me my 4000th point.
2006-07-24 02:18:21 · answer #3 · answered by wi_saint 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Truth is relative. Facts are not or so we think in our agreed upon reality. It's kind of like I think therefore I am. Facts are a subset of truth. Until we know the truth (and according to Rene' Descartes) we can't; we can't know facts.
2006-07-24 02:20:44 · answer #4 · answered by bengalicyberia 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Facts are concrete. Truth is how one witnesses the facts. Everyone sees the same facts but each has their own truth.
2006-07-24 01:34:22 · answer #5 · answered by fairy00006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Truth never changes. If it was true a hundred thousand years ago it is still true, even if we don't know about it.
Facts change. It was a 'known' fact that the world was flat, but it wasn't the truth.
2006-07-24 01:29:54 · answer #6 · answered by Temple 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Truth is eternal doesn't depends upon agreement of people but fact is.
2006-07-24 01:50:46 · answer #7 · answered by happu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends what you believe is your source of Truth.
Not everyone considers Truth from the same source.
2006-07-26 00:01:43 · answer #8 · answered by reignydey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
despite your other followers opinion that the two are one and the same, that's just not always so. so called facts aren't always true and the truth does not always set you free. i'm an idiot, i follow my heart, call it gut instinct if you want.
2006-07-24 03:32:10 · answer #9 · answered by sheepherder 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.
2006-07-24 01:03:38 · answer #10 · answered by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋