e.g. if a woman asks if her bum looks big and you are truthful...what wld be the answer. Her bum might be big compared to another but small to another. So is that truth opinion? Does truth depend on the society you live in? What is it?
2006-09-04 08:49:24 · 18 answers · asked by veggie tree 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
What is the difference between fact and opinion? A fact is merely an opinion backed up by evidence. The progress of knowledge is a process by which that which was considered fact is shown not to be so, and is then surplanted by that which is thought to be so now.
But truth is something different yet again, for it is beyond both fact and opinion. It is because we do not know the truth that we strive after knowledge.
There is a saying that when the whole valley is flooded all the little ditches are filled up.
2006-09-04 09:11:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Looking at this question I'd say facts, as they are "there" and you can't make anything else of it.
Opinion can be true of course, but each person has his/her own opinion about the definition of Truth, and what one thinks with all his/hers bone in his/hers body is the truth...it might be nonsense to another... It's more philosophical and surely depends on society one lives in. So that rules out the possibility of being the absolute truth!
But there is a tricky part left in the truth of facts, they can be seen as true because we don't have the knowledge yet to make anything else of it than the truth, and suddenly a new fact shows up that undermines the first fact....
What I'm trying to say is that the absolute truth does not exist, only in ones mind...
2006-09-04 09:06:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Truth=philosophy
Fact=science
2006-09-04 08:52:06 · answer #3 · answered by p2of9 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In some 'things' a backside can look 'bigger,' so a relative opinion is somewhat valid, especially if asked for.
However, given the nature of the beast, it is always wise to ask whether you answer will be acceptable, or attacked ('viciously' or otherwise)..!
Truth, is subjective. Subjectivity does no necessarily invalidate your truth.
'Facts,' from my understandings, are interpretations of given data and or evidence....
..though an eminent someone (it might have been Einstein!) said something like, 'There are no such things as facts. There is instead information expressed with prejudice and presented with dogma....' or something like that.
Sash.
2006-09-07 14:10:17 · answer #4 · answered by sashtou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Truth is fact. In ur example, u would say it doesnt look big because thats the nice thing to do. Yes, doing what is right is not always easy or truthful for that matter
2006-09-04 08:56:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Truth is in the eye of the beholder. In the case of the bottom thing, the answer is always no. (and thats without a pause as if you are thinking about it, by the way)
2006-09-04 08:58:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Truth IS,and always will be and never changes.
and yes that dress makes your bum look a bit big.
2006-09-04 09:12:05 · answer #7 · answered by Rich B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just a point for the first answerer, fact isnt always what science says. a huge ammount of science is based on theory and unproven predictions. and im doing a degree in human biology so i know a small amount about what im talking about.
2006-09-04 08:57:59 · answer #8 · answered by iamalsotim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Truth by definition is fact. Nothing but that.
Take people who talk about "my truth", "your truth" with a pinch of salt. What they are really talking about is belief or opinion.
Truth is absolute, yes or no, nothing inbetween.
2006-09-04 09:02:33 · answer #9 · answered by philr999 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If that is the question, then truth depends on distance and speed, ie how far are you away (can she slap you?) or can you run faster than she can
2006-09-04 09:02:05 · answer #10 · answered by Artful Dodger 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋