Exploring the Philosophical Notions of Truth and Falsehood

There are many philosophical stories that try to explain the meaning of true and false (Armour-Garb 258). Human beings have to find a way of communicating with each other. The process of determining what has been said, presented or occurred is true is referred to as the criterion of truth (Kulvicki 20). There are various procedures to determine the criterion of truth where different scholars have developed varying claims on what should be concealed as truth and false. In most cases, for a long time, the truth has been identified to be related to facts, reality or specific standards and originality (Armour-Garb 262). Modern definitions of truth revolve around authenticity based on factual or logical evidence. The concept of truth has created debate among philosophers, scholars, in art and religion (Kulvicki 259). Most philosophers point that the concept of truth can only be discussed on its terms that it cannot be described in any other context. In this

Correspondence theory makes objections to Austin and Strawson opinions regarding the truthfulness of pictures. Correspondence theory suggests that pictures and maps can be used to make a true representation of what is in the world. In this case, it is easy to believe that map and pictures are true as they are directly known to be in existence (Kulvicki 26). All of these theories try to explain what is true and what is false. However, human beings have been given the ability to perceive and make judgments on what they see in their immediate environment. Austin accepts that people will make their judgments to know what is true and what false (Kulvicki 2015) is. People have their awareness and perceptions that do not require correspondence in determining true and false statements. From people awareness on real objects, maps and or picas will provide true state of affairs (Bhunia