A Proposed Definition of Truth - Quizizz

What is Truth NOT?

• Majority rules

• What is believed

• What makes people feel good.

• What is understandable

What is the Greek word for "truth," and what does it convey?

• A. Altruism; the need for selflessness

• B. Aletheia; divine revelation and what can't be hidden

• C. Aletheia; the importance of personal beliefs

• D. Allure; the attraction of false information

What is the Hebrew word for truth?

• shalom: the peace in the storm.

• sheker: what is kindest to every ones feelings

• chesed: something that feels good

• emeth: constancy/duration. that which is reliable.

What 3 truths are perceived from the Philosophical perspective?

• Truth is that which corresponds to reality

• Truth must match its object

• Truth is simply telling it like it is

• Truth is whatever you understand

What did Thomas Aquinas observe?

• It is the task of the philosopher to make distinctions

• The behavior of ants
• The migration patterns of thought

• The growth of plants

What does relativism say instead?

• "It is the task of the community to make generalizations."

• "It is the task of the individual to make facts."

• "It is the task of the individual to make generalizations."

• "It is the task of the philosopher to make pancakes."

Which philosophy claims that all truth is relative and there is no absolute truth?

• A. Pragmatism

• B. Skepticism

• C. Relativism

• D. Pluralism

Which worldview claims that all truth claims are equally valid?

• A. Skepticism

• B. Relativism

• C. Pragmatism

• D. Pluralism

What does the philosophy of skepticism doubt?

• All truth

• All faith

• All Lies

• All things

What is ironic about the skeptics belief about truth?

• That they are skeptics

• That they are so faithful

• That they are simple

• That they in fact claim to have one truth....