- Wes Loomes
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How do "FACT'S " become Fact ?
If a fact is to become a fact ,who makes the decision it's actually fact?
One person or a group? Or hard "evidence" which needs to be validated. (How,What,Where,When,Why).
Closing Statement from Wes Loomes
When evaluating the "fact's" one's personal opinion makes all the difference.......
Shweta Verma
edward long 30+
The most highly regarded definer of English terms is the Oxford English Dictionary, where the word "fact" is defined as something that has really occurred or is actually the case; something certainly known to be of this character; a particular truth known by actual observation or authentic testimony, as opposed to what is merely inferred or to a conjecture. This definition is consistent with the philosophy of Absolutism, which says a truth is always a truth, under any conditions and independent of one's reference frame.
Relativistic philosophy denies the OED's definition on the grounds that "certainty" is impossible. Followers of this philosophy (which most scientists are), if they use the word, will use it to refer to a theory which has not , yet, been falsified. Relativists deny the possibility of absolute truth, but they continue to use the word "fact". You are getting answers from followers of both philosophies. Sorry, but you will need to make a choice here, and that's a fact.
Orlando Hawkins 20+
not relative truth but evidence
Critical thinker and Proud :P
When there is a strong evidence that can't be proved to be wrong, theories are called facts
Ed Schulte 30+
and accepted
as always a "relative" truth
and not the ABSOLUTE truth.