Finding truth

(YES) Oscar Handlin believed only the scientific method could provide the absolute truth about history. He felt truth will emerge if perused with science (Handlin 5). After reading his theory, there are some benefits to his opinion. The first is science keeps history chronological. Many historians might miscalculate by assuming a time period give or take a thousand years. With a scientific method, time is accurately documented and placed in order. This keeps records accurate and can leave out personal

virtue” (Brien 1), does not restrain men from doing the things they have always done” (Brien 1) in addition O Brien continues to unfold the requirements for labeling a story true and he even says “ if you don’t care for obscenity, you don’t care for the truth” (Brien 2) meaning that a true story could contain some type of obscenity

Henrik Ibsen’s play, The Enemy of the People (Pojman 166). The play is about a doctor (Stockman) in a Norwegian town, who learns that the water used in the towns baths is contaminated. Dr. Stockman feels morally obligated to inform people of his findings. His brother Peter, is the town’s mayor. Peter does not think the people need to know about the water and warns his brother to keep silent. Dr. Stockman rejects his brother’s warnings. Doing so, results in the doctor becoming an outcast. I can imagine

the truth. In each scenario, someone is given an alternate reality and they only know as much as they are told. It shares some of the primary themes of the allegory, for example the symbols of the cave: the light, the shadows, the breaking of chains, the prisoners, the free prisoner, the cave, and the real objects. The movie compares to Plato’s philosophy because Truman is the prisoner in the cave, he only knew what he was being raised to believe, and when he attempted to look for the truth, everyone

it is enough to spot. Liars like it when they believe their audience is buying the lie. When they believe this they may also let down their guard and let more signs of the lie slip through. There are Polygraph machines, and several other type of “truth seeking devices” but even the best have varying results, that are often inconclusive. Humans can spot lies through an assortment of

Some of us will tell the truth for the moral sake of doing so, or because it can serve a purpose and actually prove to be mutually beneficial. Revealing sensitive or private information to someone is risky, but the philosophers Saint Augustine, Saint Thomas Aquinas, and Immanuel Kant can agree that Larry would be doing a moral thing by informing Simon of his father’s infidelity. Essentially, for Saint Augustine, God is truth, and we should always work towards this truth. It is wisdom that provides

Those parents and victims, with the help of a crowd of invading lawyers, attempt to reassess the story to find the truth. As Stephens says: "I knew at once that it wasn't an "accident" at all. There are no accidents. I don't even know what the word means, and I never trust anyone who says he does"( 91). Stephens passionately wants to uncover the truth, but his tactics of to finding the truth are unsuccessful in this case, and do nothing but further disrupt the lives of the residents in Sam Dent. Banks

false information that can form bias opinions, rather than actually finding the truth out from the main source. Instead of listening to credible sources, “a “fact” sent by one person spreads in a geometric progression to others until millions of people around the world potentially believe it” (Gladstone, 2011/2017, p.332). Many people will see such information and decide to believe that source without determining if it’s the truth or not. If it is displayed enough through friends sending links, or

Being unaware to the reality of circumstances can easily change the outcome to one’s situation. In the tragedy Oedipus the King (KO), Sophocles depicts Oedipus, the main character, as being imperceptive to the truth of the prophecy that states he kills his father and marries his mother. The choices Oedipus makes, such as desperately trying to find answers despite his blindness, significantly impact his life by obliviously causing a plague and causing harm to his mother and father. In the tragedy

Excepting to Move Forward In We Learn Nothing by Tim Kreider “The Czar’s Daughter” and “Averted Vision,” both exchange about only accepting certain details’ in a relationship and accepting what you want to see. I don’t agree with Tim Kreider seeing only parts of what is going on is bad for a relationship to grow any further than where it stand in that moment in time. Seeing the full reality of a situation help us living our lives, pushes use to reach our full potential in relationship. When somebody