Looking up the AskOxford definition of the word fact it tells us the word is a noun meaning a thing that is indisputably the case. The word indisputable either means fact (huh?), or when it is used as an adjective it means unable to be challenged or denied.
And thus begin my search for the truth about reality, which according to the AskOxford tome is the state of things as they actually exist. The question that immediately pops up in my mind is how can we determine if something does indeed exist, but just as in the case of fact I wouldn't advise anyone to start with a definition.
According to AskOxford the word exist is a verb that means have objective reality or being. No wonder that the American essayist, philosopher and poet R.W. Emerson said that dictionaries are full of suggestion, the raw material of possible poems and histories?
And just as it is impossible to find any indisputable meaning to reality or existence, the same is true of truth, which is a noun that means a fact or belief that is accepted as true.
And thus begin my search for the truth about reality, which according to the AskOxford tome is the state of things as they actually exist. The question that immediately pops up in my mind is how can we determine if something does indeed exist, but just as in the case of fact I wouldn't advise anyone to start with a definition.
According to AskOxford the word exist is a verb that means have objective reality or being. No wonder that the American essayist, philosopher and poet R.W. Emerson said that dictionaries are full of suggestion, the raw material of possible poems and histories?
And just as it is impossible to find any indisputable meaning to reality or existence, the same is true of truth, which is a noun that means a fact or belief that is accepted as true.
