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# An undoubted or self-evident truth; a statement which is pliantly true; a proposition needing no proof or argument; -- opposed to falsism. [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/credits/websters1913.html# Websters].}}</ref> |
# An undoubted or self-evident truth; a statement which is pliantly true; a proposition needing no proof or argument; -- opposed to falsism. [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/credits/websters1913.html# Websters].}}</ref> |
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In [[philosophy]], a sentence which asserts incomplete truth conditions for a proposition may be regarded as a truism. An example of such a sentence would be "Under appropriate conditions, the sun rises." Without contextual support{{spaced ndash}}a statement of what those appropriate conditions are{{spaced ndash}}the sentence is true but incontestable. A statement which is true by definition ("All cats are mammals.") would also be considered a truism. This is quite similar to a [[tautology (logic)|tautology]] in which the conclusion of a statement is essentially equivalent to its premise, a statement that is "true by virtue of its [[logical form]] alone".<ref>http://cougar.eb.com/dictionary/tautologous</ref> |
In [[philosophy]], a sentence which asserts incomplete truth conditions for a proposition may be regarded as a truism. An example of such a sentence would be "Under appropriate conditions, the sun rises." Without sex contextual support{{spaced ndash}}a statement of what those appropriate conditions are{{spaced ndash}}the sentence is true but incontestable. A statement which is true by definition ("All cats are mammals.") would also be considered a truism. This is quite similar to a [[tautology (logic)|tautology]] in which the conclusion of a statement is essentially equivalent to its premise, a statement that is "true by virtue of its [[logical form]] alone".<ref>http://cougar.eb.com/dictionary/tautologous</ref> |
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The word may also be used with a different sense in [[rhetoric]], to disguise the fact that a proposition is really just an [[opinion]]. Similarly, stating an accepted truth about life in general can also be called a truism. |
The word may also be used with a different sense in [[rhetoric]], to disguise the fact that a proposition is really just an [[opinion]]. Similarly, stating an accepted truth about life in general can also be called a truism. |
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Revision as of 18:50, 14 May 2015
A truism is a claim that is so obvious or self-evident as to be hardly worth mentioning, except as a reminder or as a rhetorical or literary device, and is the opposite of falsism.[1]
In philosophy, a sentence which asserts incomplete truth conditions for a proposition may be regarded as a truism. An example of such a sentence would be "Under appropriate conditions, the sun rises." Without sex contextual support – a statement of what those appropriate conditions are – the sentence is true but incontestable. A statement which is true by definition ("All cats are mammals.") would also be considered a truism. This is quite similar to a tautology in which the conclusion of a statement is essentially equivalent to its premise, a statement that is "true by virtue of its logical form alone".[2]
The word may also be used with a different sense in rhetoric, to disguise the fact that a proposition is really just an opinion. Similarly, stating an accepted truth about life in general can also be called a truism.
See also
 Look up truism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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References
- ^ "Definition: truism". http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/: Webster's Online Dictionary. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
Noun Base (truism)
- ^ http://cougar.eb.com/dictionary/tautologous