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The way things, in fact, are
They are this way independent of our observing them or knowing them
Things do not become real by our knowing them
Opposite of illusion |
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Fundamental statement
There is a such thing as reality
We cannot strictly prove it |
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The way things, in fact, really are
A statement is true if it corresponds with reality
Truth is the correspondance of the mind with reality
This is objective truth |
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| If someone denies objective truth we say they are |
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| We attempt to verify things |
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Logical and Mathematical (Absolute)
Moral
Probable |
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highest level of certitude
"the sum of 2 even numbers is always an even number"
cannot be doubted |
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Certain beyond a reasonable doubt
Called moral because a judgement is made
Does not mean certainty beyond all possibility of doubt |
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More likely than not (51%)
Not based on direct evidence
Based on circumstantial evidence and/or informed speculation |
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corresponds to the object outside of me
the correspondance of the mind with reality |
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Corresponds to the subject
Based on personal experience and preference |
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Many things can't be proven
The evidence points you in one direction
You then must come to an educated guess
Myth:
Everything that comes from science is truth and everything that comes from religion and philosophy is fuzzy |
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Scientific -> Observation
Philosophic -> Reflection
Religious -> Reception
none stand on their own because each answers questions the others do not or cannot |
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tell us how things work in the physical world
(ex. gravity is a law of nature) |
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| a practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom |
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Type of law created by people to ensure the safety of its members
These laws tell us how to behave (prescriptive) |
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| Our innate ability to know good acts from evil acts |
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| The ability human beings have to understand God's Eternal Law relying solely on reason |
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| Holds that everything that exists is physical matter or energy that can be measured or quantified, and that the entire universe came to be by pure chance. |
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A person who holds materialistic view
One who does not believe in the existence of God in any form. |
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| Holds that there is a 'mind' in some form behind the universe |
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| A Person who believes in a god or gods in some form |
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A protocol for investigating observable and measurable phenomena
Based on repeatable observations |
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