What kind of "truths" are there?

Question

I've heard of imperical (?) and relative, is there more?

Answer 1

You seem to be confusing truth and knowledge - they are not the same thing.

Three sorts of knowledge:

1. Perceptual knowledge (knowing as). For example, knowing a set of colors, shapes, sounds, smells, etc., as a car.

2. Propositional knowledge (knowing that). For example, knowing that a Ford Mustang is a car. Note: in philosophy, 'proposition' means 'that which might be either true or false'.

3. Practical knowledge (knowing how): For example, knowing how to drive a car.

'Knowing that' has been defined as 'believing a proposition that is true and having adequate reason to believe it'. There are also three sorts of true propositions:

1. Semantically necessary. This sort of proposition is necessarily true because of the meaning of its words. For example, 'a mustang is an American wild horse'.

2. Logically necessary . This sort of proposition is necessarily true because of the laws of logic. For example, 'if some horses are mustangs then at least one horse is a mustang'.

3. Contingent. Made true by the way the world happens to be. For example, 'some Americans drive Ford Mustangs'.

Empirical knowledge is knowledge that comes from experience. It is distinct from knowledge that comes from either intuition or reasoning.

Not all knowledge of contingent truths is empirical knowledge. Any proposition can be contingently true if it is neither necessarily true nor impossible.

There is no such thing as relative truth. Someone who claims truth is relative is not making sense. If 'true' means 'the way the world happens to be', then there cannot be a way the world is for you and a way it is for me, there can only be a way the world is for us all.

Of course, this is not to say that we all (or any of us) know the truth, but if we did all know the truth we would all know the same thing.

Answer 2

I've heard of Big T and little t.

Big T Truth is something that is widely known to be true... the sky is blue, or the existance of love or hate.... that kind of phiosophical jargon.

little t truth is the feeling or concpt of one on one truth. I told the "truth" about the situation, or if someone is considered a "truthful person."

Answer 3

The only truth I trust is change. Everything changes. Everything.

Answer 4

Abstract, contingent, negative and positive truths.

Answer 5

Truth is truth, that's all there is.

Answer 6

logical, mythical, moral

Answer 7

not lying