truth element
21element — noun 1) an essential element of the local community Syn: component, constituent, part, section, portion, piece, segment, aspect, factor, feature, facet, ingredient, strand, detail, member 2) …
22element of truth — trace of the truth, part that is true …
23Leibniz: truth, knowledge and metaphysics — Nicholas Jolley Leibniz is in important respects the exception among the great philosophers of the seventeenth century. The major thinkers of the period characteristically proclaim the need to reject the philosophical tradition; in their… …
24Pragmatic theory of truth — refers to those accounts, definitions, and theories of the concept truth that distinguish the philosophies of pragmatism and pragmaticism. The conception of truth in question varies along lines that reflect the influence of several thinkers,… …
25Half-truth — A half truth comes in several forms, and is a deceptive statement, that includes some element of truth. The statement might be partly true, the statement may be totally true but only part of the whole truth, or it may utilize some deceptive… …
26Logical truth — is one of the most fundamental concepts in logic, and there are different theories on its nature. A logical truth is a statement which is true and remains true under all reinterpretations of its components other than its logical constants. It is… …
27Vacuous truth — A vacuous truth is a truth that is devoid of content because it asserts something about all members of a class that is empty or because it says If A then B when in fact A is false. For example, the statement all cell phones in the room are turned …
28Coherence theory of truth — regards truth as coherence with some specified set of sentences, propositions or beliefs. There is no single coherence theory of truth, but rather an assortment of perspectives that are commonly collected under this title.[citation needed] A… …
29Ubu and the Truth Commission — is a South African play by Jane Taylor first performed under the directorship of William Kentridge at The Laboratory in Johannesburg s Market Theatre [Before the end of 1998, the Market Theatre had already staged three plays on the Truth and… …
30Degree of truth — In standard mathematics, propositions can typically be considered unambiguously true or false. For instance, the proposition zero belongs to the set { 0 } is regarded as simply true; while the proposition one belongs to the set { 0 } is regarded… …
