How can we tell that something is likely true? How we know stuff A proposition is a type of statement that can be true or false. Not all sentences are propositions. For example, “Some parrots have green feathers” is a proposition, while “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously” is not a proposition. There are essentially three…
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Beware the last word
I recently saw an edited clip on YouTube in which a person said something that was false but very funny in response to a question. In the comments, someone said that the person in the video didn’t respond to the question that way, and that the clip was just edited to make it seem that…
Possibility, necessity, and imagination
In philosophy, specifically in metaphysics, we often speak of what is “possible” or “contingent” and what is “necessary”. If something is necessarily true, then it cannot possibly be false. An example of necessary truth might be mathematical theorems. If something is contingent, then it’s true but possibly could have been false. We often talk about…
A response to Catholicism on “What is truth?”
The following question was asked on catholic.com: I got into a discussion about truth, and I had the opinion that there is only one Truth and that is God. So what is truth? Is it something we believe in completely, body and soul? Or is it something God reveals to us? How do we know…
thoughts on mind 