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The [[semantic field|meaning]] of the word '''truth''' extends from [[honesty]], [[good faith]], and [[sincerity]] in general, to agreement with [[fact]] or [[reality]] in particular. [http://m-w.com/dictionary/truth] The term has no single [[definition]] about which the majority of professional philosophers and scholars agree. Various [[theories]] of truth continue to be debated. There are differing claims on such questions as what constitutes truth; how to define and identify truth; the roles that revealed and acquired knowledge play; and whether truth is [[Subjectivity|subjective]], [[knowledge relativity|relative]], [[Objective (goal)|objective]], or [[Absolute (philosophy)|absolute]].  This article introduces the various perspectives and claims, both today and throughout history.

The [[semantic field|meaning]] of the word '''truth''' extends from [[honesty]], [[good faith]], and [[sincerity]] in general, to agreement with [[fact]] or [[reality]] in particular. [http://m-w.com/dictionary/truth] The term has no single [[definition]] about which the majority of professional philosophers and scholars agree. Various [[theories]] of truth continue to be debated. There are differing claims on such questions as what constitutes truth; how to define and identify truth; the roles that revealed and acquired knowledge play; and whether truth is [[Subjectivity|subjective]], [[knowledge relativity|relative]], [[Objective (goal)|objective]], or [[Absolute (philosophy)|absolute]].  This article introduces the various perspectives and claims, both today and throughout history.

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of [[Truth]], follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Truth this link].</center>

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''[[Truth]]''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Truth this link].</center>

==Etymology==

==Etymology==

English ''[[:wikt:truth|truth]]'' is from [[Old English]] ''tríewþ, tréowþ, trýwþ'', [[Middle English]] ''trewþe'', cognate to [[Old High German]] ''triuwida'', [[Old Norse]] ''tryggð''. Like ''[[troth]]'', it is a ''[[:wikt:-th|-th]]'' nominalisation of the adjective ''true'' (Old English ''tréowe'').

English ''[[:wikt:truth|truth]]'' is from [[Old English]] ''tríewþ, tréowþ, trýwþ'', [[Middle English]] ''trewþe'', cognate to [[Old High German]] ''triuwida'', [[Old Norse]] ''tryggð''. Like ''[[troth]]'', it is a ''[[:wikt:-th|-th]]'' nominalisation of the adjective ''true'' (Old English ''tréowe'').