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    NATURE OF TRUTH (1989 ERA) - a contingent truth is not always true, while a

    -The reason is that not all sentences can be either true or necessary truth is always true.
    false.  Private truth
    Statement - can only be known by the person who has the
    belief or makes the statement considered to be
    -refers to a linguistic expression whose function is to true
    advance a claim about the world.  Public Truth
    -can be true or false - truth known by everyone
     Subjective truth
    Beliefs - dependent on the attitudes, preferences, or
    -mental expressions of our claims. interests of a person or a group of persons
     Objective truth
    Fact - statement about a factual matter that can be
    - something that occurs in the world, and it is what makes proved true or false
    a certain statement true.  Universal truth
    - belief or a statement is acknowledged to be true
    -can be proven true or false by everyone
    KINDS OF TRUTH  Relative truth
    - belief is acknowledged only by some people
     Empirical Truth
    - means of sense experience THEORIES OF TRUTH
     Rational truth Correspondence Theory- popular with
    - means of reason
    empiricists.
     Contingent truth
    - a true proposition that could have been false; a - proposes that a proposition is true if it
    contingent falsehood is a false proposition that corresponds to the facts
    could have been true
     Necessary truth -Verifying the statement if it is indeed true
    -True statement whose negation must imply a Coherence Theory- Preferred by many idealists.
    contradiction in reality
    - that if a proposition coheres with all the other Three requisites for truth
    propositions taken to be true, then it is true.  Truth must admit its opposite.
    Pragmatism- William James is considered the  Truth and falsehood are properties of belief
    statements.
    father of pragmatism.
     Truth depends on independent facts.
    -If a certain belief works, then it is true

    Solidarity
    CRITICAL THINKING
    - self-guided, self-disciplined thinking that attempts to -judging as a union from common characteristic

    reason at the highest level of quality in a fair-minded way Objectivity


    -judging something as a particular object

    To have a clearer grasp of truth, critical thinking involves


    a person who: Three Distinctions of opinion and truth
    1. Belief and Reality
    1. Looks for Evidence to support -Reality is unarguably seen and felt by the human
    assumption and beliefs senses, whereas belief is a by-product or any
    manifestation of reality.
    2. Adjusts Opinion
    2. Subjective and Objective
    3. Looks for Proof -Subjective relies on the perception dictated by
    the brain while objective has a reason outside the
    brain that makes it true.
    4. Examines the problem
    3. Descriptive and normative
    5. Rejects irrelevant and incorrect -Descriptive narrates what happens while
    information- normative evaluates the events depending on the
    perspective of people.

    SEARCH FOR TRUTH


    FACT VS OPINION

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