Truth

Truth is a term used to indicate various forms of accord with fact or reality, or fidelity to an original or to a standard or ideal. The opposite of truth is falsehood, which, correspondingly, can also take on logical, factual, or ethical meanings. Language and words are a means humans use to express truth.

Philosophical Context

In philosophy, "truth" is defined in several ways, including the idea that it is the correspondence of language or thought to an independent reality, in what is sometimes called the correspondence theory of truth.

Other definitions of truth in philosophy include the coherence theory of truth which proposes that truth regarding a specified set of sentences is the coherence of the set, and the constructivist theory of truth which holds that truth is constructed by social processes, is historically and culturally specific, and that it is in part shaped through the power struggles within a community.

Scientific Context

In science, truth is generally understood to be an idea that has been tested and is consistent with all observations and facts. Truth is often used to refer to things that are physically real, or have a high degree of probability of being real. In the context of science, truth is usually associated with objectivity, which includes the idea of measurement, logical argument, and the testing of hypotheses.

Religious Context

In many religious traditions, such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity, truth is considered to be either a fundamental ontological reality or the disclosure of such a reality. In these religions, truth is considered to be something that is eternal and unchanging, and it is often associated with divinity.

See Also

• Fact
• Reality
• Honesty
• Authenticity

References

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