So if I have an argument for the existence of god, it is at best valid. But arguments cannot be true, they can be valid, and they can be truthconserving. It sounds as if good arguments alter reality.

I think the second quote about truth is a bit problematic. Stating a fact, however, and depending on your opinion, has a truthvalue. Facts can therefore not be true, in the same way as a chair cannot be true. Truth is a property of sentences, propositions, utterances, whatever you like. You often see some kind of brackets when someone speaks about fact, so for example: converts to 'The fact that I am sitting on a chair'. So as there are people and tables and chairs in our world, there is also the fact that I am sitting on the chair. A fact is, for many philosophers, a part of reality (Russel, for example). The quote about facts gets it pretty right. Then what is the difference? Are they synonym or have specific difference? In our daily life, in general conversation, we generally use these both terms interchangeably. Gives to the listener when she’s brave enough to open up and sing fromīut still curious about the difference between both of them. Truths, as opposed to fact, are much more fluidĪnd malleable than their empirical counterparts.įacts are notes and lyrics on sheet music. If they do, then theĮxistence of God is just as true as the nonexistence of God which theyīelieved a week ago. Ideologies, and my reasoning appeared stronger than theirs, they mayĬhoose to adopt my belief that God does exist. The negative, and because of this reasoning they believe that God does However, if another individual possesses strong reasoning for If I say 'God exists,' and I possess strong reasoning for theĪffirmative of that statement, then God really does exist, that is a Things that are not simply acknowledged, but must be discovered, orĬreated. Facts are notĭiscovered, facts are not created, facts are simply acknowledged.Ī truth on the other hand, is almost the opposite. When oneĪcknowledges a fact, they are doing just that. Realities that no amount of reasoning will change. Hot,' you are not lying, you are incorrect.

Not speaking a truth, I am speaking a fact. With the agonizing pain of said conduction). Transfer of heat through conduction and training one's body to deal If you touch fire your skin will burn (and don't give me that 'but I say 'fire is hot,' I don't care how great your reasoning skills are, But still I'm confused about the exact meaning.įact and Truth where an author has given two examples for each like belowĪ fact is a reality that cannot be logically disputed or rejected. I was searching on the internet if I could find it. I'm curious about the difference between Fact and Truth.

Truth & Tenderness by Tere Michaels