There is no single definition of truth about which the majority of philosophers agree. Various theories of truth, commonly involving different definitions of "truth", continue to be debated. There are differing claims on such questions as what constitutes truth; how to define and identify truth; what roles do revealed and acquired knowledge play; and whether truth is subjective, relative, objective, or absolute. This article introduces the various perspectives and claims, both today and throughout history.
Questions about what is a proper basis on which to decide how words, symbols, ideas and beliefs may properly be said to constitute truth, whether for a single person or an entire community or society, are among the many questions addressed by the theories introduced below.
Each of the five substantive theories below deal with truth as something with a nature, a phenomenon, or thing, or type of human experience about which significant things can be said. These theories each present perspectives that are widely agreed by published scholars to apply in some way to a broad set of occurrences that can be observed in human interaction, or which offer significant, stable explanations for issues related to the idea of truth in human experience.[2][3] There also have more recently arisen "deflationary" or "minimalist" theories of truth based on the idea that the application of a term like true to a statement does not assert anything significant about it, for instance, anything about its nature, but that the label truth is a tool of discourse used to express agreement, to emphasize claims, or to form certain types of generalizations.[2][4][5]
2007-07-31 20:30:32
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answered by Michael A 2
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Yes,some of it.All known truths are relative truths,as nobody knows the absolute truth.Validity of a truth is conditional,whereby it's voracity is bound and subjected to the fulfillment of those conditions.Truth does not follow linearity of time and can change with it.By them selves,truths have limited significance.To say that ultimately TRUTH PREVAILS is not a definitive and all conclusive statement,as by the time a truth finally prevails,it's own parameters may have changed.A logical approach does not always lead to a truth as many a truths may not yield to it.Hope,it may be of some use to you.
2007-07-31 20:39:35
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answered by brkshandilya 7
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Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
Albert Einstein
2007-07-31 20:26:55
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answer #3
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answered by dogpatch USA 7
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Thats a good question but easy in they eyes of philosophy. Truth is in the eye of the beholder, Truth is universal, its what one belives to be correct and another to be incorrect
2007-07-31 20:20:48
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answered by Anonymous
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