Is it when it is universally believed? How about for an individual? In History?
2007-09-12 15:39:18 · 25 answers · asked by Praire Crone 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
most truths are relative
some, like death, are absolute, despite what anyone wishes for.
we all die
2007-09-12 17:13:32 · answer #1 · answered by Lady Morgana 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A lie will never become the truth. What we see as truth and lies are because of our filters that we have built over the years through experiences of cause and effect. For example, if you believe that the news is always right, every thing they tell you is correct. But if you know that corporations can easily manipulate the news with lies, then you know its a lie.
So i guess if something didn't happen but someone said it happened and you knew this didn't happen, then its a lie! The hardest part is finding a good source. I like to use multiple sources, television, newspapers, people, and of course the internet. It is up to me to find out who is lying and what is true.
2007-09-12 15:44:42 · answer #2 · answered by DIIV 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Truth and lies are not opposites. They are issues in separate arenas. The opposite of truth is falsehood. Statements are true or false as they correspond (or not) to the facts about the world around. One can argue about the "knowability" of the truth. By that I mean that one can argue whether or not it's possible to be absolutely certain of the truth or falsehood of a given statement. However, that's a separate question. Truth or falsehood is a relationship between statements and the corresponding actual items that the words in the statements represent.
To lie is to intentionally give statements that misrepresent the nature of real-world objects. It is to propose that a statement which is actually false, is instead true. The nature of the lie is that it is intentionally designed to deceive. Were someone to utter a statement that they believed to be true, and find that it later turned out to be false, they would turn out to be wrong or mistaken. If they had knowledge that the statement was false when they gave it, they would have lied. The nature of the lie is in the intent. One can argue that there is difficulty in knowing for certain what someones intentions are, but that is a separate issue!
A person who believes something to be false, but who claims it to be true is lying.
A person who lies, but is WRONG about what they're lying about is STILL LYING because the lie has it's basis in their intent to deceive.
A person who intends to deceive, but in error, makes a statement which is TRUE... has both lied and told the truth at the same time.
Truth and belief are two separate issues. Nothing becomes true as a result of consensus. Things are what they are. This is so before they are described, afterward, and even if they are never described. Truth exists as a quality of statements as they correspond to reality. There is no different nature to truth between individuals. Perception is not truth. Perception is subjective.
Is the truth knowable? That's a separate question. Is there any mechanism that we can use to weigh the relative merits of different statements in order to better decide which is true and which is not? There is. It's called "logic". Logically inconsistant systems of statements include falsehoods.
If these questions are of interest to you, I believe that you would enjoy reading topics from the disciplines of epistemology, philosophy of language and philosophy of science. You might also find an examination of formal reasoning and metalogic to be helpful.
2007-09-12 16:06:07 · answer #3 · answered by bellydoc 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There's no lies and no truths... it is an imaginary state of things, and only happens inside our heads. in order for something to be universally true, every living person must believe it is so. a lie for an individual may perhaps be influenced by other people's way of thinking and so in that manner, lies can become truths in a personal level... i do believe though that humans use intellect to sort out truths from non truths (false ideas) to organize the senseless composition of this universe. i also believe that it is an elementary notion that makes up every complex thought operations we use from day to day.. very interesting question....
Color blue is blue for most humans, but in a visually impaired human it is not blue, he is not normal because the majority thinks he is so... and so it is just a matter of perceiving things.
Maybe the reason why truths and lies are so important for us humans is because we are social beings that needs to percieve things in an organizational level in order to survive.. ciao!
2007-09-12 15:48:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lie becomes a truth when the listener to the lie is ignorant of the facts. But a lie is still a lie, the cure for ignorance is education.
2007-09-12 15:55:05 · answer #5 · answered by inkgddss 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lie becomes the truth when the person telling it begins to believe it..
2007-09-12 15:43:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Prairie"
It Is a Lie To Pursue This Game - It was 'universally' believed
me got a Top contributor badge (didn't last 24hrs) - see That
Prairie Crone ? Now "How About THAT for an Individual ?
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[Yahoo's] History ?" - ME WASN"T EVEN ALLOWED TO FAIL.
Now You Try And Explain The Truth - try if you can.....................
2007-09-12 16:42:04 · answer #7 · answered by Frederique C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lie is someone making a statement that is false.
For example, it is now 2242 EST. If I say it is now 2250, that is a lie. When it actually is 2250, the statement is not false if made then, but I still told a lie at 2242.
A lie never becomes truth. The statement is the lie, not the contents of the statement.
2007-09-12 15:46:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the lie NEVER becomes the truth, per se. It CAN become percieved as the truth if enough people believe it but, the fact that everyone believes it to be true does NOT in and of that belief MAKE it true. EVER.
BB,
Raji the Green Witch
2007-09-12 15:49:22 · answer #9 · answered by Raji the Green Witch 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A lie is a lie when it is false. It becomes true once it is no longer false. Being universally believed does not automatically make it true.
2007-09-12 15:44:49 · answer #10 · answered by allenbmeangene 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If someone guessed something that hasn't come to existence yet (a lie), and in the future it occurs, their lie becomes true.
For example, in history scientists have said that the sun was at the center of things. People accused them of lieing, in the end they proved them wrong.
2007-09-12 15:43:25 · answer #11 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋