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    The document discusses eight kinds of truth: 1) Empirical vs rational truth, depending on if established by experience or reason 2) Synthetic vs analytic truth, depending on if it extends our knowledge 3) Contingent vs necessary truth, depending on if true in all situations 4) Private vs public truth, depending on if known by an individual or everyone 5) Subjective vs objective truth, depending on if dependent on attitudes/preferences 6) Universal vs relative truth, depending on if acknowledged by all or some 7) Certain vs probable truth, depending on if arrived at through deductive or inductive reasoning 8) Disciplinary kinds of truth, which vary depending on the area of

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    The document discusses eight kinds of truth: 1) Empirical vs rational truth, depending on if established by experience or reason 2) Synthetic vs analytic truth, depending on if it extends our knowledge 3) Contingent vs necessary truth, depending on if true in all situations 4) Private vs public truth, depending on if known by an individual or everyone 5) Subjective vs objective truth, depending on if dependent on attitudes/preferences 6) Universal vs relative truth, depending on if acknowledged by all or some 7) Certain vs probable truth, depending on if arrived at through deductive or inductive reasoning 8) Disciplinary kinds of truth, which vary depending on the area of

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    The document discusses eight kinds of truth: 1) Empirical vs rational truth, depending on if established by experience or reason 2) Synthetic vs analytic truth, depending on if it extends our knowledge 3) Contingent vs necessary truth, depending on if true in all situations 4) Private vs public truth, depending on if known by an individual or everyone 5) Subjective vs objective truth, depending on if dependent on attitudes/preferences 6) Universal vs relative truth, depending on if acknowledged by all or some 7) Certain vs probable truth, depending on if arrived at through deductive or inductive reasoning 8) Disciplinary kinds of truth, which vary depending on the area of

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    KINDS

    OF
    TRUTH
    Fifth is the questions of whether or not the truth
    First is the question of whether the truth of a
    of a belief or statement is dependent on the
    belief or statement is established or arrived at by
    attitudes, preferences, or interest of a person or a
    means of experience or reason.
    group of persons.

    Second is the question of whether or not knowing Sixth is the questions of whether a belief or
    the truth of a statement or belief extent or statement is acknowledged to be true by
    knowledge or adds to what we already know. everyone or only by some people.

    Third is the question of whether or not a Seventh is the question of whether the truth of a
    statement or belief is true in all possible belief is arrived at through the process of
    situations. deductive reasoning or inductive reasoning.

    Fourth is the question of whether the truth of


    Eight and last is the question of under what area
    belief or statement can only be known by the
    of study does the topic or content of a belief or
    person who has the belief or makes the
    statement that held to be true falls.
    statement.
    EMPIRICAL TRUTH RATIONAL TRUTH
    is established by means of sense experience. is established by means of reason.

    Example: Examples:
    “It is raining.” “A triangle has three sides.”
    “Five and five are ten.”
    SYNTHETIC TRUTH ANALYTIC TRUTH
    Extends our knowledge. Does not extend our knowledge.

    Example: Example:
    “The table is brown” “The triangle has three sides.”
    CONTINGENT TRUTH
    Is not true in all possible situations, whereas NECESSARY TRUTH
    necessary truth is. Is always true.

    Example: Example:
    “The table is brown.” “A triangle has three sides.”
    PRIVATE TRUTH
    PUBLIC TRUTH
    Can only be known by the person who has the
    Can be known by everyone.
    belief or makes the statement considered to be
    true.
    Example:
    “My skin is cut and bleeding.”
    Example:
    “My skin is cut and bleeding,
    I feel great pain.”
    OBJECTIVE TRUTH
    SUBJECTIVE TRUTH
    Is not dependent on the attitudes, preferences,
    Dependent on the attitudes, preferences, or
    or interest of a person or group persons.
    interest of a person or group persons.
    Example:
    Example:
    “Rock music is one of the major kinds of
    “Rock music is the best kind of music.”
    music.”
    UNIVERSAL TRUTH
    RELATIVE TRUTH
    Something is a universally if its truth is
    Is truth is acknowledged only by some people.
    acknowledged by everyone.
    Example:
    Example:
    “Rock music is the best kind of music.”
    “Rock music is a major musical genre or
    category.”
    PROBABLE TRUTH
    CERTAIN TRUTH
    (arrived through the process of inductive
    (arrived through the process of deductive
    reasoning)
    reasoning)
    Example:
    Example:
    “Juan is hospitable.”
    “Pedro is mortal.”
    DISCIPLINAL KINDS OF TRUTH
    this gives rise to number of kinds of truth, as many as there are different
    areas of study. For instance;
    Religious truth
    Scientific truth
    Psychological truth
    Biological truth
    Economic truth

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