Noun
- That which conforms to reality.
- The degree of correspondence between a representation and what is being represented.
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...Truth can have a variety of meanings, from the state of being the case, being in accord with a particular fact or reality, being in accord with the body of real things, events, actuality, or fidelity to an original or to a standard. In archaic usage it could be fidelity, constancy or sincerity in action, character, and utterance.Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, truth, 2005 The term has no single definition about which a majority of professional philosophers and scholars agree, and various theories and views of truth continue to be debated. There are differing claims on such questions as what constitutes truth; what things are truthbearers capable of being true or false; how to define and identify truth; the roles that 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. Read full entry
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- 1.Truth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- ... other uses, see Truth (disambiguation). The word truth has a variety of ... The English word truth is from Old English tríewþ, tréowþ, trýwþ, Middle English ...
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- truth n. , pl. truths . Conformity to fact or actuality. A statement proven to be or accepted as true ... with fact or truth: accuracy, correctness, exactitude, ...
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truth......?
does truth objectively exist,
or is the truth subjective? i
guess the question is, is
there such a thing as real
truth?
just looking for opinions
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A simple, and widely held, definition of truth is this: A belief is "true" if it corresponds with reality, and "false" if it contradicts reality. Thus the statement that "There is a ball here." is true if there is actually a physical ball in front of me, and false if there is not. It should be emphasised, however, that the truth value of this and similar statements depend entirely on the state of the universe at the time they are uttered. They may well be "absolutely" true or false, but only for a given time/place. However, there are also kinds of statements whose truth values do not depend on the particular state of the universe at the time they are uttered. That is to say, they are either true/false for all possible states of the universe and in all possible universes. True statements of this sort are called "self-evident truths" (axioms) because the converse is inconceivable/unimaginable. Take a commonly held axiom: the law of non-contradiction. It's inconceivable that A = ~A, which is the converse of the law of non-contradiction, so the law of non-contradiction must be true. If you're the sort of person who believes reality is a place where logic holds, then it's justified to consider axioms to be "absolutely" true. The fact that the converse is inconceivable is taken as an indication that the converse is impossible in reality. Furthermore, theorems deduced from axioms are also considered absolutely true, because they follow necessarily from absolute truths. However, many prominent philosophers disagree with these positions. Some deny that possibility/impossibility in reality follows from conceivability/inconceivabilit y in the mind, as described above. There's no reason to assume reality is a place that obeys the rules of logic. Thus, they suggest such "universal truths" as the law of non-contradiction might not actually be true. Some thinkers even espouse the belief that "reality" is merely appearance, so there's no way to know if there is actually a physical ball there, or if it just appears that way to *me*. That is to say, there is no independently-existing reality for a belief to correspond to! For these people, the best one can say about a belief is that it coheres or fails to cohere with a certain system of beliefs. But no statement is "absolutely" true in the way that the statement can be said to correspond with reality. |
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What is the truth table of a 2 There is supposed to be a full
truth table and a simplified
truth table indicating what
occurs based upon the control
signal.
This was my exam question and
I'm still confused.
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Trick question. You were supposed to interpret the wordiness, and figure out that the question referred to a NOR gate. |
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Any truth to planning the sex I keep reading everywhere that
you can plan having a boy or
girl by the day you conceive
in your ovulation cycle. I've
heard if you have sex a couple
days before you ovulate, you
are more likely to have a girl
because the "female sperm" is
slower.
Has anyone tried this and been
successful with planning for a
boy or girl? Just wondering if
there is any real truth to
this.
Thank you!
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This book worked for my wife and me 2X; http://www.amazon.com/How-Choo se-Sex-Your-Baby/dp/038548562X first we wanted a girl, so we had sex a couple of days before ovulation. Female-carrying sperm are supposedly slower, but they have a longer life cycle, and so they remmain active longer. Deposit the sperm before ovulation. When ovulation hit...Boom, we had a girl! Second time, we wanted a boy, had sex when she knew she was already ovulating. Male carrying sperm supposedly swim faster, but all that exertion makes them less hardy. So... Boom, we had a boy. I think that the same principle is used to separate male sperm from female sperm. The semen is spun in the centerfuge, separating the sperm by size. Boy, I think I used the word sperm waaaaay too much in this answer. :) Have a fun time! |
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