Truth

High school (ages 12+)
Philosophy & Big Questions

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/truth

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How big is Truth?Definition of truth, truth-bearers, criteria of truth, bivalence, relativity vs. absolutism
2. What is the philosophical property?The state of being in accord with fact or reality
3. What is the dominant theory?Correspondence Theory: Truth is the accurate reflection of an objective, mind-independent world
4. Why is truth important in science?In science, people look for truth by testing ideas and gathering evidence. When experiments show the same results, scientists feel more confident that their ideas are true.
5. How do we know if something is true?We check if a statement is true by looking at evidence or facts. If the evidence shows the statement is correct, it is true.

Proposition: A declarative sentence or assertion that can be assigned a truth value (true or false).
Correspondence Theory of Truth: The view that truth consists in a relation of correspondence between a proposition and the actual state of affairs.
Bivalence: The principle that any given proposition is either true or false, and no other possibility exists.
Truth-Bearer: An entity (like a sentence or belief) that is capable of being true or false.