Is there more than one fact?

Question

In conversation, there are undisputed facts – “He is a male”, then there are opinionated or personal facts, “He is handsome”. Does a statement have to be accepted by more than one to make it a fact. If I truly believe something in my heart, but you do not, does it make it less of a fact to me?

Answer 1

A fact may be verified by any other by the evidence. Opinion will be disputed by alternative perspectives.

Answer 2

Awful! Turing is at it again, oversimplifying. Here is what you need to know about reasoning. Particular facts are built upon more general accepted facts referred to as axioms or antecedents. Belief in the veracity of the antecedents is ineluctable. An accepted fact, even an axiom, can be overthrown through discovery. And oftentimes, discovery results from flagrant disregard for what Turing and his sort regard to be sound reasoning. If Turing throws out discovery, he's throwing the baby out with the bathwater. One has to dig deeper and go beyond proof and verification to the desperate desire to live without uncertainty.

Answer 3

You ask, "If I truly believe something in my heart, but you do not, does it make it less of a fact to me?"

Absolutely. Facts never come from any belief. Belief means that you don't know. If you knew, you would call it knowledge. Beliefs are important assumptions for which you don't have a shred of any evidence to back them up as facts.

Facts only come from things that can be verified or proven. Beliefs don't ever have verifiable or provable facts. If they did they wouldn't be beliefs.

Answer 4

Yes. And that's a fact. No. And that's a fact too. In fact, I'm sitting in a chair...for a fact.

Answer 5

No, it's a fact to you, but an opinion to everyone else.

Answer 6

Of course it doesn't, but it is a fact only to you unless a person has an analogous precept.