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linked Subjectivism

JoeyJ at 16:10, June 20, 2017

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DavidB4-bot: /* Further reading */Spelling/Grammar Check, typos fixed: july → July

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‎Further reading: Spelling/Grammar Check, typos fixed: july → July

DavidB4-bot: clean up & uniformity

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clean up & uniformity

AK: Undo revision 1014920 by Cactusjack (talk)fixing vandalism

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Undo revision 1014920 by Cactusjack (talk)fixing vandalism

Cactusjack: /* Quotes About Facts */ Steven Colbert is a liberal

2012-10-26T17:50:23Z

‎Quotes About Facts: Steven Colbert is a liberal

Calculus: Undo revision 983439 by JjFireball (talk)

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Undo revision 983439 by JjFireball (talk)

JjFireball at 00:57, May 28, 2012

2012-05-28T00:57:07Z

RonaldB: misc.

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misc.

NickP at 00:24, December 12, 2011

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 [[Category:Philosophy]]
-Facts are different from theories, which attempt to explain trends in facts. Facts are also different from opinions, which are subjective interpretations of facts.
+Facts are different from theories, which attempt to explain trends in facts. Facts are also different from opinions, which are [[Subjectivism|subjective]] interpretations of facts.
 In history and journalism, "facts" refer to recorded, independently-verifiable events or statistics. In science, "facts" are observations or data, (fact: at sea-level, water boils at 100 degrees [[Celsius]], while other liquids boil at different temperatures) and theories are built to explain facts (theory: why water boils at 100 C, why different liquids have different boiling points).

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 For example, it is an ''opinion'' that the [[homosexual agenda]] is not harmful, while it is a fact that the average gay man has a life expectancy far less than that of a straight man.
 ==Quotes About Facts==
 John Adams wrote: "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." <ref>John Adams, 'Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials,' December 1770 The Quotations Page</ref>
-"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple."—Oscar Wilde
+"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple."—[[Oscar Wilde]]
-"First get your facts; then you can distort them at your leisure."—Mark Twain
+== See also ==
 ==Further reading==
 * Pasley, Jeff.  "Department of Not Giving John Adams Too Much Credit" in ''Common-Place (July 2009) [http://www.common-place.org/pasley/?p=1593 online]; shows the slogan was very widely used in the 18th century.

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 "We all know that facts have a liberal bias."—Stephen Colbert
 ==Further reading==
-* Pasley, Jeff.  "Department of Not Giving John Adams Too Much Credit" in ''Common-Place (july 2009) [http://www.common-place.org/pasley/?p=1593 online]; shows the slogan was very widely used in the 18th century.
+* Pasley, Jeff.  "Department of Not Giving John Adams Too Much Credit" in ''Common-Place (July 2009) [http://www.common-place.org/pasley/?p=1593 online]; shows the slogan was very widely used in the 18th century.
 ==References==
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 Facts are used as evidence to make claims. Facts are generally held to be [[mind-independent]], i.e. they would continue to be the case whether or not anyone believed them, or indeed whether or not there were any minds to believe them in the first place.
-[[category:philosophy]]
+[[Category:Philosophy]]
 Facts are different from theories, which attempt to explain trends in facts. Facts are also different from opinions, which are subjective interpretations of facts.
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 In history and journalism, "facts" refer to recorded, independently-verifiable events or statistics. In science, "facts" are observations or data, (fact: at sea-level, water boils at 100 degrees [[Celsius]], while other liquids boil at different temperatures) and theories are built to explain facts (theory: why water boils at 100 C, why different liquids have different boiling points).
-During The 18th century [[Enlightenment]], the statement "facts are stubborn things" was widely repeated. It encapsulates an Enlightenment belief that incontrovertible empirical data could be found on any question and that such facts would irresistibly lead public opinion in an enlightened direction by dispelling the mystifications and superstitions of earlier, barbarous ages. In the Early Republic in the United States, the phrase was often directed against the allegedly dangerous speculations and innovations of Jacobin-Jeffersonian philosophy.<ref> Jeff Pasley, "Department of Not Giving John Adams Too Much Credit" in ''Common-Place (july 2009) [http://www.common-place.org/pasley/?p=1593 online]</ref>
+During The 18th century [[Enlightenment]], the statement "facts are stubborn things" was widely repeated. It encapsulates an Enlightenment belief that incontrovertible empirical data could be found on any question and that such facts would irresistibly lead public opinion in an enlightened direction by dispelling the mystifications and superstitions of earlier, barbarous ages. In the Early Republic in the United States, the phrase was often directed against the allegedly dangerous speculations and innovations of Jacobin-Jeffersonian philosophy.<ref>Jeff Pasley, "Department of Not Giving John Adams Too Much Credit" in ''Common-Place (july 2009) [http://www.common-place.org/pasley/?p=1593 online]</ref>
 There is some evidence that human psychology is such that facts often do not drive beliefs as much as beliefs drive one's willingness to listen to certain facts.<ref>Joe Keohane, Boston Globe, July 11, 2010. ''[http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/07/11/how_facts_backfire/?page=1 How facts backfire]''</ref>
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 ==Quotes About Facts==
-John Adams wrote: "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." <ref>John Adams, 'Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials,' December 1770 The Quotations Page </ref>
+John Adams wrote: "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." <ref>John Adams, 'Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials,' December 1770 The Quotations Page</ref>
-"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple." -- Oscar Wilde
+"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple."—Oscar Wilde
-"First get your facts; then you can distort them at your leisure." -- Mark Twain
+"First get your facts; then you can distort them at your leisure."—Mark Twain
-"We all know that facts have a liberal bias." -- Stephen Colbert
+"We all know that facts have a liberal bias."—Stephen Colbert
 ==Further reading==
 * Pasley, Jeff.  "Department of Not Giving John Adams Too Much Credit" in ''Common-Place (july 2009) [http://www.common-place.org/pasley/?p=1593 online]; shows the slogan was very widely used in the 18th century.

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 "First get your facts; then you can distort them at your leisure." -- Mark Twain
-"We all know that facts have a liberal bias." (Sarcasm) -- Stephen Colbert
+"We all know that facts have a liberal bias." -- Stephen Colbert
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 ==Further reading==
 * Pasley, Jeff.  "Department of Not Giving John Adams Too Much Credit" in ''Common-Place (july 2009) [http://www.common-place.org/pasley/?p=1593 online]; shows the slogan was very widely used in the 18th century.

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		+	And my sources for that statement? Don' need none. It's da troof!
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	Facts are used as evidence to make claims. Facts are generally held to be [[mind-independent]], i.e. they would continue to be the case whether or not anyone believed them, or indeed whether or not there were any minds to believe them in the first place.		Facts are used as evidence to make claims. Facts are generally held to be [[mind-independent]], i.e. they would continue to be the case whether or not anyone believed them, or indeed whether or not there were any minds to believe them in the first place.