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When should we trust our senses to give us truth?
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... Phuong Tran 05/11/2007 Theory of Knowledge Question 2: When should we trust our senses to give us truth? One of the most concerning questions arose due to the growing sophistication of the human minds revolve around the existence and acquisition of truth. Truth, in itself, is the truest sense of meaning; it is the interpretation of truth that is creating the confusion all over; therefore, there must be flaws in the process of acquiring truth. Knowledge is the path leading to truth; however, it contains several flaws and misconception, therefore blocking our way to the "truest sense of meaning". How does one get to judge if a fact or idea gets to be a truth? We as humans have been subconsciously using the three coherence, pragmatic, and correspondence tests to determine whether we accept or reject anything we perceive. I would argue the coherence test would not be reliable; as I have
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