The practice of speaking what is true; freedom from falsehood; veracity.
That which is true or certain concerning any matter or subject, or generally on all subjects; real state of things; fact; verity; reality.
A true thing; a verified fact; a true statement or proposition; an established principle, fixed law, or the like; as, the great truths of morals.
Righteousness; true religion.
To assert as true; to declare.
That which is universally and at all times the determining basis for the reality of existence. Factuality, and the which exists regardless of view point or relative opinion. The essence of natural law and its principles.
changing trinity of negative-neutral-positive relative values, in the unchanging unity of an ultimate trinity, like in the ultimate conservation law that says all parts change, but not the unity of the whole.
That which corresponds with reality (which does not change depending on our beliefs - see fideism). This is known as the correspondence view of truth, and is undeniable, since it must itself be used in order to try to deny it. Also, if this definition of truth were wrong, lies would be impossible, nothing would be true or false, and all meaningful communication would break down.
the property of being true
That which conforms to reality. For classical Judaism, Christianity and Islam, ultimate truth is defined and determined in relation to the ultimate reality, God. "The Truth" is attested as a way of referring to the deity in Islam (the execution of Hallaj is a memorable example), and to Jesus in Christianity (Gospel of John).
In the log: namespace, a Class of all formulae which are true.
Ultimate reality, or objective reality. Not achievable by human beings even though both science and folk religions often propose or imply that it can be achieved.
In programming lingo, something is true if it isn't false. Generally, the only things that are false are those which aren't defined and those which have a value of 0 (zero, null, nothing).
reality; God's Word; spiritual revelation of the Word; faithfulness to a correct standard.
To say that Reality exists beyond my subjectivity or my interpretation of a reality external to that subjectivity, is to acknowledge that Truth exists, at least in potential. To begin a process of knowing that is not simply a knowledge of the self and to be shaped by that knowing so that one becomes more and more adequate for the object of knowledge, is to begin a dialogue with Truth.
The expression of actions that are essentially true.
In the New Testament truth is related to the divine. Jesus is the true vine, the true Israel, the true bread from heaven, the true shepherdm the true light, the fulfillment of these Old Testament figures, promises of God.
(Oiai'o) True; faithfulness.
conformity to reality or actuality; "they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portraits"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities"
a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"
the quality of nearness to the truth or the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account"
a concrete process that starts by an upheaval (an encounter, a general revolt, a surprising new invention), and develops as fidelity to the novelty thus experimented
used herein refers to one of Habermas' validity claims. Operating within the domain of the "external" world of reality, truth herein refers to a basic objectifying attitude of communication from a cognitive level. The speaker represents facts (as assertions, contesting, descriptions, explanations) in a constantive manner, and is expected to present grounds to support the validity claim (Habermas, 1979b, p. 68; Held, 1980, p. 338).
as known by the mind includes "statements proven or accepted to be true", and "conformity to fact or actuality". Truth as known by the Heart includes authenticity, sincerity, honesty, and God.
(capitalized) The Reality of all appearances; Power; What is so.
What I believe. (see false) The speaker's opinions/beliefs presented as fact. That which is un provable but only definable by a true Christian. What a pastor, parent, etc. has told a theist
Varying definitions usually have something to do with how a proposition, statement, or belief corresponds to reality; usu. that which is "true" is an accurate observation, belief, judgment, concept, idea about reality (material or immaterial).
Common dictionary definitions of truth mention some form of accord with fact or reality. There is no single definition of truth about which the majority of scholars agree, and numerous theories of truth continue to be widely debated. There are many differing claims on such questions as what constitutes truth, how to define and identify truth, what roles do revealed and acquired knowledge play, and whether truth is subjective, relative, objective, or absolute.