2014 PHIL 3010 Informed opinion paper 2 What is Truth? Many of us have experienced elders like older siblings or friends telling us there “girls have cooties”‚ that there is a “boogie monster in your closet”‚ or that there is “a child eating monster under your bed”. As we become older‚ we experience that it is all just a lie. All this time it was all just a lie and we believed it. What is the truth? What makes it true? Is the boogie monster real? Truth is one of the most fundamental questions in philosophy
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Infinite Truth Since the dawn of philosophical thought there has been a desire to find truth. Now exactly what truth is depends upon whom you ask. Philosophers have been searching for truth in various forms for at least as far back as Aristotle in the first century B.C. all the way up to Carl Hempel in the 20th century A.D. To Aristotle and Plato truth was reality; To Descartes truth was found in God; To Hempel truth was found in explanation. None of these are accurate and yet all of them point
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While paintings and books suggest the clear separation of what is truth and what is falsehood‚ people believe that camera is trustworthy and photos taken from it are the truth because camera is a machine with no emotions. Digital imaging gives better quality images to readers. However‚ due to the potential of digital photography manipulation‚ it has clarified that truth is not fixed anymore but has fluidity. There is no absolute truth. Before digital imaging‚ although photograph still has manipulations
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Africa’s new president Nelson Mandela appointed Arch-Bishop Desmond Tutu as the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Arch-Bishop Tutu went about putting together the Truth and Commission appointing a diverse group of South Africans to TRC 2 lead the commission and organize the gatherings in which the numerous testimonies were about to take place. Going further in detail as to why the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was ever needed in the first place‚ we must take a look at South
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“The Inconvenient Truth” Based on the movie‚ it the facts of the differences of Earth’s topography and nature nowadays compared to the times long ago. The differences of the facts were caused by this intriguing global warming that alarmed all the people in the world. This global warming is the result of the gradual increase of greenhouse gases in the ozone layer‚ thus trapping the sun’s heat in the earth’s atmosphere. These greenhouse gases result from human activities like fossil fuel burning
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“No Point in Ignoring the Truth" Thesis/Map: The truth of Oedipus’ fate is expressed by a blind prophet‚ Jocasta‚ and a servant. I. The blind prophet presents Oedipus with the fate that was cast to him years ago. A. Tiresias is brought in to help decipher Apollo’s message. B. Tiresias claims Oedipus is the murderer. C. Oedipus’ ignorance keeps him from hearing the truth. II. Oedipus’ wife‚ Jocasta‚ comes in to talk with him. A. Jocasta tells him the story of hearing the fate of
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Attitude to truth and falsehood Truth is what we always expect and respect. We like the truth but sometimes abhor it when it is distressing. The opposite of truth is falsehood. We detest falsehood and sometimes condone with it if it benefits someone. We see the victory of truth over falsehood and the victory of falsehood over truth. The latter is short-lived because suppression of truth will lose its power and the truth will be out even after centuries. A popular expression compares truth to a rubber
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see it. We left to India a couple of days before the festival so that we could spend some time with my grandparents and see our relatives. We also used this time to buy gifts for ourselves‚ our relatives and friends. A few days before the festival the ladies in the house began making sweets and other delicious savories that are to be distributed to friends and relatives. My sister and I took up the task of wrapping gifts that were to be distributed. We also had to vacuum and mop the floors of our
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Memories are life Brisbia Zavala College of Lake County May 8‚ 2014 Memories are life “The only real treasure is in your head. Memories are better than diamonds and nobody can steal them from you” by Rodman Philbrick‚ The Last Book in the Universe. If we think about what life is made up‚ we can say that memories build life. We save all the important and happy events that occurred in our lives as well as the most sad and worst moments. It is said that the brain is the most
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these defenses to justify Socrate’s beliefs in the existence of the soul. By referring back to these excellent examples that justify the soul‚ Melinda would almost seem able to convince her sister to agree with her. Melinda could argue that all things have an opposite‚ including the soul. Plato’s first argument
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