notion of truth
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnotionandtruth
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notion
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈnəʊ.ʃən/us/ˈnoʊ.ʃən/
a belief ...
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truth
noun
uk/truːθ/us/truːθ/
the quality of ...
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(Definition ofnotionandtruthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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He would be a hypocrite, and we have a perfectly good word for that, without fiddling with thenotionoftruth.
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Part of this problem involves showing how such existence claims as can be made for institutions connect up with thenotionoftruth.
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A model just contains reasons for/against beliefs-it incorporates nonotionoftruthor falsity.
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More implicitly, the biblicalnotionoftruthhas clear moral connotations.
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Surely there is a better way of negotiating the consistency of theory and praxis than to degrade thenotionoftruthin this way.
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For this reason, intuitionism is usually bound to concepts like proof and knowledge, rather than to the traditional classicalnotionoftruth.
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Kierkegaard certainly does have an objective reference in hisnotionoftruth.
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Validity is a judgment on propositions whose meaning has already been explained via thenotionoftruth.
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So the question is: we have anotionoftruth, which does not follow classical logic; can we find examples in which truth behaves contradictorily to truth tables?
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So perhaps he does concede the necessity of using this usualnotionoftruth, although leaving it implicit prevents him from appearing hypocritical or parsimonious when he treats religious language.
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Furthermore, the traditional problem of induction is not taken to threaten thenotionoftruth, only the possibility of knowing, at any particular moment, what the truth is.
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Quantitative research counts discrete things that are already known; it uses a positivistnotionoftruth(nuggets of truth are dug out of the melting pot of life).
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Symptomatology and the facts/fancy binary share thenotionoftruthas hidden, something waiting to be dug out and interpreted, whether by a medical man or a literary man.
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This is an operationalnotionoftruthemployed by scientists.
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This is an operationalnotionoftruthused by scientists.
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She has developed thenotionoftruthas a depreciable asset.
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Many authors writing on the topic of thenotionoftruthadvocate or endorse combinations of the following positions.
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Dummett argues that the intuitionisticnotionoftruthlies at the bottom of various classical forms of anti-realism.
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Thisnotionoftruthrests solely on the conception and application of the criteria which are set forth in traditional and modern theories of epistemology.
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The vagueness of the intuitionisticnotionoftruthoften leads to misinterpretations about its meaning.
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