LESSON 3 - Truth Versus Opinion PDF

Introduction to Philosophy of the Human Person 1. The learner shall be able to distinguish opinion from truth. 2. The learner shall be able to analyze situations that show the difference between opinion and truth. 3.The learner shall be able to realize that the methods of philosophy lead to wisdom...

Introduction to Philosophy of the Human Person 1. The learner shall be able to distinguish opinion from truth. 2. The learner shall be able to analyze situations that show the difference between opinion and truth. 3.The learner shall be able to realize that the methods of philosophy lead to wisdom and truth. Truth is connected with the pursuit of knowledge. Because the very meaning of the phrase “to know” is to have in one’s mind the truth about the object one is trying to know. To know is to have the truth.  Empirical study of the world. To investigate Necessary Truth Empirical Truth A-Priori A-Posteriori Empirical study of the world. To investigate Knowledge is Knowledge is based based on reason. on experience. Innate Ideas Tabula Rasa  Empirical study of the world. To investigate Rene Descartes; John Locke; Baruch Spinoza; Empirical study of the world. To investigate George Berkeley; Gottfried Wilhelm David Hume; von Leibniz; John Stuart Mill; Immanuel Kant; Bertrand Russell G.W.F Hegel Empirical study of the world. To investigate Empirical study of the world. To investigate It is a kind of judgment that is based on someone’s viewpoint. It is a statement that holds an element of personal belief. It is not based on evidence. It is not always true but rather it may or may not be true and mostly used in an argument. Statement Opener such as (I think, I believe, I feel, in my own opinion). Adverbs and Adjectives such as (Ugly, Always, Disgusting, Probably, Maybe, Least, Perhaps, Most, Best, Possibly). Introduction to Philosophy of the Human Person