Abstract Truth is the core issue of any theory meaning, and pursuit truth fundamental driving force human consciousness. Is appearance true? In what sense it truth? How do we obtain Can a final be obtained? These are among most difficult questions to answer in meaning best divergence points various theories. Peirce’s semiotic phenomenology puts forward view that can grasped clearly but neverthe...

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As the human intellect, though weak, is not essentially perverted, there is a certain presumption of the truth of any opinion held by many human minds, requiring to be rebutted by assigning some other real or possible cause for its prevalence. And this consideration has a special relevance to the inquiry concerning the foundations of theism, inasmuch as no argument for the truth of theism is mo...

This Essay will argue that any transitional mechanism must be by its nature and temporal historical location a politically contested instrument. This can have differing political and social impacts, and impact on the human rights culture in the society in question. Based on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (”TRC”) experience, two rights-based issues – namely, human rights a...

It has been consistently demonstrated that deceivers generally can be discriminated from truth tellers by monitoring an increase in their physiological response. But is this still the case when deceivers interact with a virtual avatar? The present research investigated whether the mere "belief" that the virtual avatar is computer or human operated forms a crucial factor for eliciting physiologi...