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Lesson 5: Kinds of Truths Flashcards

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It lies at the heart of any inquiry

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Truth

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It is a product of questions that allow for clear answers provided by facts

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Knowledge

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The clear awareness and understanding of something

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Knowledge

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Statements which are observed to be real or truthful

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Facts

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KINDS OF TRUTH

Sense experiences

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Empirical Truth

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KINDS OF TRUTH

Posteriori

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Empirical Truth

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KINDS OF TRUTH

established by means of reason

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Rational Truth

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KINDS OF TRUTH

Knowledge gained through observation and experience

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Empirical Truth

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KINDS OF TRUTH

apriori

(it can be known before some relevant experience)

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Rational Truth

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KINDS OF TRUTH
Does not extend our knowledge

(The information provided by the predicate in the information provided by the subject)

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Analytic Truth

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KINDS OF TRUTH

it extends our knowledge

(The information provided by the predicate is not contained in the information provided by the subject)

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Synthetic Truth

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KINDS OF TRUTH

Knowledge gained through reasoning and logic, independent of sensory experience.

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Rational Truth

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KINDS OF TRUTH

A statement that extends our knowledge, where the predicate adds new information not contained in the subject.

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Synthetic Truth

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KINDS OF TRUTH

A statement that does not extend our knowledge, as the predicate is already contained within the subject

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Analytic Truth

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KINDS OF TRUTH

It is not true in all possible situations

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Contingent Truth

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KINDS OF TRUTH

A truth that is true in some situation but not in others.

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Contingent Truth

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KINDS OF TRUTH

It is true in all possible situations

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Necessary Truth

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KINDS OF TRUTH

A truth that is true in all possible situations

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Necessary Truth

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KINDS OF TRUTH

Dependent on the attitude, preferences or interest of a person or a group of persons

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Subjective Truth

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KINDS OF TRUTH

It is more on value judgment and factual judgment

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Objective Truth

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KINDS OF TRUTH

Arrived through the inductive reasoning.

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Probable Truth (Inductive)

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KINDS OF TRUTH

The truth of the statement arrived at through the process of deductive reasoning

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Certain Truth (Deductive)

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DISCIPLINAL KINDS OF TRUTH

The theory of evolution, the laws of gravity, the existence of atoms, the heliocentric model of the solar system.

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Scientific

15
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DISCIPLINAL KINDS OF TRUTH

The belied in a higher power or deity, the existence of an afterlife, the sacredness of certain texts or practices

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Religious

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DISCIPLINAL KINDS OF TRUTH

The structure of DNA, the process of photosynthesis, the human circulatory system, the function of hormones.

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Biological

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DISCIPLINAL KINDS OF TRUTH

The concept of supply and demand, the role of interest rates in economic growth, the impact of government policies on inflation, the distribution of wealth.

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Economic

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DISCIPLINAL KINDS OF TRUTH

The concept of cognitive dissonance, the existence of different personality types, the power of positive thinking, the role of neurotransmitters in mood regulation.

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Psychological

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