Basic Concepts of

Truth
MAY A. CARTAGENA
SHS TEACHER
*Differentiates truth
from opinion

Most Essential Learning:

* At the end of this module the
students will be able to:
* Define truth
* Differentiates theories of truth
* Value the significance of truth in
society

* Learning Objectives:
* Let’s have a Right Perspectives!
* How I View things? List some of the differences between
partial and holistic perspectives. Give at least two descriptions
for each perspective.

* How I View Things in Life?

 * Jesus said, “My kingdom is
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not of this world. If it were,

John 18:33-38 my servants would fight to
prevent my arrest by the
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Jewish leaders. But now my
* Pilate then went back
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kingdom is from another
inside the place.”
palace, summoned Jesus
* “You are a king, then!”
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and asked him, “Are you
said Pilate.
the king of the Jews?”
* Jesus answered, “You say
* “Is that your own
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that I am a king. In fact, the
idea,” Jesus asked, “or did
reason I was born and came
others talk to you about
into the world is to testify
me?”
to the truth. Everyone on
* “Am I a Jew?” Pilate
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the side of truth listens to
replied. “Your own people me.”
and chief priests handed
* “What is truth?” retorted
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you over to me. What is it
you have done?” Pilate. With this he went
out again to the Jews
gathered there and said, “I
find no basis for a charge
against him.
*Welcome to the Big
Family of Ideas:
Relationships of truth,
knowledge, facts,
opinion, and others

* Lesson 1: Determining
truth from Opinion
* The America’s * “Knowledge consists
foremost philosopher, in having the truth and
Mortimer J. Adler knowing that you have
clearly differentiates it, because you know
all these ideas in his why what you think is
book “The Great true is true. Whereas
Ideas.” opinion consists in not
having sure that you
have the truth and
even if what you say is
true you are not sure
because you don’t
know why it is true.

* Lesson 1: Determining
truth from Opinion
* Opinions (stated as proposition, or beliefs,
or argument) can be right or wrong, or can
be true or false.
* Knowledge can’t be false and can’t be
wrong. If something is knowledge, it’s
impossible for it to be false knowledge or
wrong knowledge. OPINION IS NOT
NECESSARILY false but can be unverified true
or false statement, proposition, argument or
theory.

* Lesson 1: Determining
truth from Opinion
 * Major Theories of
Truth
Correspondence Theory
Coherence Theory
Pragmatism Theory
* Thank you for listening and
God bless!