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What is law of non-contradiction?

A statement cannot be both true and false.

What is the law of excluded middle?

Any statement is either true or false.

T/F: A person can know a false statment.

False

T/F: A thought and a belief are the same thing.

False

T/F: All absolute statements are true.

False

T/F: All objective statements are true.

False

T/F: All relative propositions are also subjective.

False

T/F: Anytime someone has a true belief about a statement, it is guaranteed that they know the statement.

False

T/F: If everyone believed that ghosts exist, then this would make it true that ghosts exist.

False

T/F: If one person believes that God exists and another does not, both of them are right.

False

T/F: Is it possible to know a statement even if you do not believe the statement.

False

T/F: Opinions are neither true nor false, it is just an opinion.

False

T/F: The mere act of having a belief makes the belief true.

False

T/F: The statement 2 + 2 = 4 is relative.

False

T/F: The statement that abortion is wrong is neither true nor fasle.

False

T/F: The statement, every human has a soul is a subjective statement.

False

T/F: There are some statements that are both true and false at the same time.

False

T/F: There are some statements that are neither true nor false.

False

T/F: Whether a statement is true or false is based on whether we have evidence for the statement.

False

T/F: a statement and a belief are the same thing.

False

Consider the proposition expressed by the sentence, "The Bible is the inspired word of God." Into which of the following categories does it fall?

Objective

T/F: Belief, opinion, and judgement are three names for the same mental state.

True

T/F: If a person knows a statement, this guarantees that the statement known is true.

True

T/F: If a proposition is absolute, then it is also objective.

True

T/F: Knowing that a statement is true consists in the statement being true, the person believing the statement, or something more that rules out luck, malfunction and other conditions that undermine the knowledge.

True

T/F: The statement, that rose appears beautiful to me is an objective statement.

True

T/F: There are no subjective statements.

True

What does it mean to say that a statement is subjective?

believing it makes it true

What does it mean to say that a statement is relative?

changes in truth value

What does it mean to say that the theory of truth is general?

for every statement, whether it is true or false is based entirely on the structure of reality

What does it mean to say that a statement is objective?

its truth value is independent of what we think or belive

What does it mean to say that a statement is absolute?

never changes in truth value

What is a belief?

something that an individual accepts to be truth

In general, what makes a statement true?

the structure of reality


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