About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 91. Chapters: Causality, Truth, Perception, Dogma, Problem of other minds, Regress argument, Object, Belief, Rationality, Omphalos hypothesis, Empirical research, Emergence, Fact, Intuition, Empirical method, Philosophical analysis, Knowledge, Subject-object problem, Simulated reality, Logos, Gettier problem, Problem of induction, A priori and a posteriori, Analytic-synthetic distinction, Descriptive knowledge, Molyneux's Problem, Cognitive closure, Common sense, Objectivity, Infallibility, Brain in a vat, Propositional attitude, Daimonic, Proof, Anamnesis, Here is a hand, Katalepsis, Ignoramus et ignorabimus, Alief, I know that I know nothing, Unobservable, Epistemic virtue, Epoche, Condition of possibility, Ignorance, KK thesis, Dispositional and occurrent belief, Speculative reason, Existential phenomenology, Empirical relationship, Intellectual responsibility, Composition of Causes, Epistemic commitment, Acatalepsy, Peripatetic axiom, Cartesian Self, Cartesian Other. Excerpt: Truth has a variety of meanings, such as the state of being in accord with fact or reality. It can also mean having fidelity to an original or to a standard or ideal. In a common archaic usage, it also meant constancy or sincerity in action or character. The direct opposite of truth is falsehood, which can correspondingly take logical, factual or ethical meanings. However, language and words are essentially "tools" by which humans convey information to one another. As such, "truth" must have a beneficial use in order to be retained within language. Defining this potency and applicability can be looked upon as "criteria," and the method used to recognize a "truth" is termed a criterion of truth. Since there is no single accepted criterion, they can all be considered "theories." Various theories and views of truth continue to be debated among scholars and ...
