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That's true in the sense that factual correctness is a necessary but not sufficient condition for truth. Take-away: Whether you're a journalist or not, if you'
by Aqueous 15y ago
That's true in the sense that factual correctness is a necessary but not sufficient condition for truth.
Take-away: Whether you're a journalist or not, if you're telling people a story that purports to be true, it needs to actually be true. Even in the case of 'pure' entertainers.
- javascriptlol 15y agoWhat about the truth elucidated in philosophy, religion and even fiction? It's not like philosophers ever obtain "factual" status, and yet there is tremendous truth in many philosophical works.
- Aqueous 15y agoPerhaps I should have said it this way: If you're telling a story that purports to be factually true, it needs to actually be factually true. Fiction by definition doesn't purport to factually be true, so that's ok. Most philosophy doesn't, either. Most or all religious texts do, and so most or all religious texts fail my test.