The Coherence Theory of Truth First published Tue Sep 3‚ 1996; substantive revision Tue Sep 9‚ 2008 A coherence theory of truth states that the truth of any (true) proposition consists in its coherence with some specified set of propositions. The coherence theory differs from its principal competitor‚ the correspondence theory of truth‚ in two essential respects. The competing theories give conflicting accounts of the relation between propositions and their truth conditions. (In this article‚ ‘proposition’
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First of all‚ people are telling white lies because of psychology factor. Psychology is how the mind influences behavior in a particular area of life. By telling white lies‚ they will always think positive eventhough they have critical problems. For example‚ healthcare providers have not been honest as patients assumed. Sometimes they felt patients couldn’t handle the truth‚ particularly that relates with diseases and dying. Thus‚ they telling white lies trying to cheer patients up. Other than that
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What is Truth? The Merriam Webster Dictionary says “truth is sincerity in action‚ character‚ and utterance.” It also says truth is “in accordance with fact.” Let me begin with sincerity. Sincerity is honesty. To be truthful we must be honest in what we do‚ honest in our personality‚ and honest in what we say. Therefore a truthful person is not deceptive or fraudulent. There is absolute proven truth‚ objective truth‚ and then there is God (Christian truth) which has a large element of faith. The
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Nothing but the Truth: The Aboriginal Stereotype and Racism that is objectified Throughout In Search of April Raintree “You say that we are drunkards‚ that we live for drinking. But drinking is a way of dying. Dying without enjoying life” (Mosionier 154)‚ April Raintree‚ main character of the novel In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier‚ wished she could change her Métis heritage or the spelling of her last name‚ Raintree‚ so it would seem less native. Why? Racism
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the world before truth has a chance to put its pants on” Sir Winston Churchill Lies are so powerful that they outweigh the truth. The reason for this is‚ because truths and lies walk hand in hand‚ they are together. The difference between them is like a spilt second. People won’t lie so dramatically that it is unbelievable‚ they will lie so close to the truth that you won’t even realise it’s a lie. This is the reason why a lie can get half way around the world before the truth can even out its
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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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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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was written by Mr. Mark Twain‚ and he told the truth‚ mainly. There as things which he stretched but mainly he told the truth” (1). These are the first lines and the first lies in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ so from the beginning‚ the lack of truth is a major theme in the novel. Mark Twain justified the lying in different levels. Some of the lies are vicious and self-serving and these lies were mostly told by the King and Duke while other lies were childish and harmless which was mostly told
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1984 Truth In George Orwell’s "1984" society is manipulated and guided by an organization called the Party and an anonymous figure named Big Brother‚ who is used as God. One of the main aspects the Party controls is truth or tries to control is truths in the society and the truth in the minds of the individual themselves. The Party creates what they want to be true to make the individuals ignorant so they can manipulate them easier. This twist of the truth by the Party makes it seem like truth
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Analysis of Lies in Huckleberry Finn "That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain‚ and he told the truth‚ mainly. There was things which he stretched‚ but mainly he told the truth" (1). Those are among the first lines in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ so it’s obvious from the very beginning that the truth‚ or lack thereof‚ is a major theme in the book. Huckleberry Finn is a liar throughout the whole novel but unlike other characters‚ his lies seem justified and moral to the reader because they
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