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Gnoseology-Based Analysis of the Relationship Between Truth and Fallacy

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: This article concerns the concept of fallacy in its dialectical relation to truth in scientific understanding. It highlights a variety of definitions attempting to clarify the meaning of fallacy, which is ground zero for the authors’ definition of the aforementioned concept. It is stated that fallacy is the necessary step towards truth. It is explained why fallacy cannot be identified with incomplete knowledge, logical fallacies and falsehood. Also, this article highlights the main doctrinal philosophical and methodological foundations of fallacies and criteria for defining the truth.

Source: wisdom

DOI: 10.24234/wisdom.v17i1.440

Authors: Kadzhik OGANYAN, Vladimir OGORODNIKOV, Vladimir PYZH, Svetlana ROSENKO

Institutions: Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education «Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health, St. Petersburg», Military Space Academy named after AF Mozhaisky

Language: English

Topic: Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics

Subfield: Philosophy

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3137440422

FWCI: 0.934

Cites: 1

Cited by: 1

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