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A new kind of truth?(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
SIR: A latter-day William of Ockham, having got hold of the writings of Messrs Attwood, Haines and Dawson (January-February and March 2006), would throw away his rusty old razor and, instead, type in on his word processor "TRUTH", then press the Search and Delete buttons. He would find an empty shell, devoid of any substance--as the Bard would put it: Much Ado about Nothing.
The above savants lament that the other protagonists have not given a definition of "truth". "Truth" is a combination of sounds, commonly used in the English language which belongs to the ensemble of "desirable" words, such as justice, fairness, etc, which are added to create a more positive and compassionate message, whatever the quality of the argumentation.
The word truth is as desirable a commodity to a historiographer as the word marriage to a homosexual couple.
Languages are based on the principle that the same combination of sounds, and even the same spelling (homonyms), is used in a wide range of completely different contexts where the "abstract" words are defined implicitly by the context.
In Australia, there is ...
- Truth, Fiction, and Literature: A Philosophical Perspective.
- Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics Risser, James March 1, 1996 700+ words
...aesthetics of literature's relation to truth. The authors's treatment of the problem...first two parts of the book ("Fiction and Truth" and "The Limits of Fiction"), while...responsibility for part three, "Literature and Truth." What is argued for in the treatment...
- Truth, politics, and self-deception.(Truth-Telling, Lying, and Self-Deception)
- Magazine article from: Social Research Williams, Bernard Arthur Owen September 22, 1996 700+ words
The Truth: Virtues and Methods THERE are social practices...characterize them, require us to mention the truth. This is not the same as mentioning what...in this respect two different virtues of truth, which may be labeled sincerity and accuracy...
- Truth. (Summaries And Comments).(Review)
- Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics Szubka, Tadeusz December 1, 2000 700+ words
HORWICH, Paul. Truth. 2d edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999. xviii...of an interesting combination of two ideas: (i) truth is metaphysically trivial, and the content of the truth predicate is fully captured by a platitudinous equivalence...
- Truth as mediated correspondence.
- Magazine article from: The Monist Barnard, Robert Horgan, Terence January 1, 2006 700+ words
We will here describe a conception of truth that is robust rather than deflationist...1) We will argue that this approach to truth is intrinsically and intuitively plausible...very well relative to other conceptions of truth in terms of comparative theoretical benefits...
- Truth Without Justice?(Review)
- Magazine article from: Policy Review Abrams, Elliott February 1, 2001 700+ words
...I. ROTBERG & DENNIS THOMPSON, EDITORS. Truth v. Justice: The Morality of Truth Commissions. PRINCETON UNIVERSTIY PRESS. 296...countries, another alternative has been tried: the truth commission. Although most examples are found in...
- Truth and consequences.(Commentary)(Forum)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times January 31, 1999 700+ words
...long demanded by abused minorities, but truth has in this country lately been abused...justice. But if we become persuaded that truth is an outmoded concept, then it is hard...but the possibility of arriving at the truth can justice depend? I believe I can imagine...
- Truth and absolute truth in neutrosophic logic.
- Magazine article from: Smarandache Notions Journal Liu, Feng January 1, 2004 700+ words
...representation of truth and source of truth, and leads to the conclusion...acquire the genuine source of truth, independently of specific...and furthermore created such truths belonging to this bewildering...different understanding toward truth. I don't stand for the magnificence...
- Unspeakable Truths: Confronting State Terror and Atrocity. (Buried truth:...
- Magazine article from: The Christian Century Shriver, Donald W. February 27, 2002 700+ words
Unspeakable Truths: Confronting State Terror...Routledge, 340 pp., $27.50. TRUTH, JUSTICE and reconciliation...the claim that they report truth. They aspire to get just...modernist relativities of truth and fact. Power and group...
