Can you please give me one example of a "FACT" that you feel is irrefutable? I have been racking my couple pound soft, gooey mess I use to figure answers, I simply am thus far unable. — Robert Peters
Do "facts" exist? Well, maybe. Maybe not. — Ying
I have been racking my couple pound soft, gooey mess I use to figure answers, I simply am thus far unable. — Robert Peters
For example, true does not equal fact. — tim wood
"That is a brick," is a fact if it is a brick, otherwise not. — tim wood
I have a test of sorts for the existence of awareness (derived from a book, The Phenomenon of Awareness, Tougas, 2013). You know what three is. Does three exist. You can argue that three is a useful idea, shared out in every culture, so that it is a part of collective knowledge. That is, not something that exists in itself. Hmmm. But it is easy to imagine beings from another planet, without any exposure at all the the benefits of our society, who also have a clear awareness of what three is. Doesn't it seem like three must have some sort of objective existence of its own? — tim wood
More to this than meets the eye. — tim wood
For example, true does not equal fact.
— tim wood
A bit of explication would be helpful. — T Clark
I'm a bit lost. Now it sounds like, for you, saying something is a fact is the same as saying it exists. But I don't think that is what you are saying. — T Clark
. At the moment everyone is corkscrewed around with language. For example, true does not equal fact. — tim wood
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