Truth Quotes

What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.

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"Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense."
Mares, Edwin
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"The pursuit of truth is the noblest of human endeavors."
Mares, Edwin
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"Truth is the foundation of trust."
Mares, Edwin
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"The pursuit of truth requires intellectual humility and the willingness to question our assumptions."
Lehrer, Keith
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"Coherence provides a necessary but not sufficient condition for justified belief."
Lehrer, Keith
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"Truth in conditionals lies in their rational foundations, not merely in fact."
Edgington, Dorothy
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"The unexamined assumption is the enemy of truth."
Edgington, Dorothy
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"Intellectual honesty demands we follow the argument where it leads."
Edgington, Dorothy
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"The truth of a statement depends on how we justify it."
Edgington, Dorothy
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"Truth is not about correspondence alone, but about justification."
Edgington, Dorothy
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"We find truth not in facts alone, but in justified belief."
Edgington, Dorothy
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"Truth-seeking is a practice, not a destination."
Edgington, Dorothy
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"The pursuit of truth is an end in itself."
Edgington, Dorothy
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"The truth is what survives rigorous examination."
Edgington, Dorothy
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"We know only what we can justify; all else is mere opinion."
Edgington, Dorothy
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"A contradiction at the level of thought does not mean reality is contradictory."
Priest, Graham
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"Reality may be more complex than our classical logic suggests."
Priest, Graham
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"Truth is pursued, never fully possessed."
Priest, Graham
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"Every argument contains a kernel of truth."
Priest, Graham
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"In confusion lies the path to clarity."
Priest, Graham
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"The pursuit of truth knows no end."
Priest, Graham
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"Truth emerges from rigorous debate."
Priest, Graham
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"In seeking truth, we must be willing to revise even our most cherished beliefs."
Sosa, Ernest
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"Truth demands that we question not just what we're told, but why we believe it."
Nolan, Daniel
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"Truth is harder than comfortable lies, which is why fewer choose it."
Nolan, Daniel
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"Contradiction is the heartbeat of rational discourse."
Beall, Jc
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"Vagueness is the enemy of clarity, but clarity isn't always possible."
Beall, Jc
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"Semantic precision is the foundation of meaningful discussion."
Beall, Jc
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"We cannot simply assert what we wish to be true and call it wisdom."
Beall, Jc
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"A sound argument is a gift, even if it contradicts what we believe."
Beall, Jc