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- | [[Image:Henri Robin and a Specter, 1863 by Eugène Thiébault.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Henri Robin]] and a [[Specter]], [[1863]] by [[Eugène Thiébault]]]] | + | [[Image:Doré's caricature of Münchhausen.jpg|200px|thumb|left|[[Baron Münchhausen]], the archetypical [[unreliable narrator]], illustration: ''[[Doré's caricature of Münchhausen]]'']] |
+ | [[Image:Henri Robin and a Specter, 1863 by Eugène Thiébault.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A fake: [[Henri Robin]] and a [[Specter]], [[1863]] by [[Eugène Thiébault]]]] | ||
[[Image: True and False Griffins from John Ruskin's Stones of Venice (1851-1853)..jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[True and False Griffins]]'' from [[John Ruskin]]'s ''[[Modern Painters]]'' (Part IV. Of Many Things), first published in 1856.]] | [[Image: True and False Griffins from John Ruskin's Stones of Venice (1851-1853)..jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[True and False Griffins]]'' from [[John Ruskin]]'s ''[[Modern Painters]]'' (Part IV. Of Many Things), first published in 1856.]] | ||
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'''False''' is the [[antonym]] of the adjective [[true]]. | '''False''' is the [[antonym]] of the adjective [[true]]. | ||
+ | ==Falsity== | ||
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+ | '''Falsity''' (from Latin ''falsitas'') or '''falsehood''' is a perversion of [[truth]] originating in the deceitfulness of one party, and culminating in the damage of another party. Falsity is also a measure of the quality or extent of the falseness of something, while a falsehood may also mean simply an incorrect (false) statement, independent of any intention to deceive. | ||
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+ | In the [[Frege-Church ontology]], "truth" is the denotation of a true proposition, while "falsity" is the denotation of false propositions. | ||
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+ | In esthetics, falsity is ugly, and truth is beautiful. | ||
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+ | In existentialism, falsity is usually a thing to be avoided, and is not desired. | ||
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+ | ===Examples=== | ||
+ | * [[Counterfeiting]] money, or attempting to coin genuine legal tender without due authorization; | ||
+ | * tampering with wills, [[Codicil (will)|codicils]], or such-like legal instruments; | ||
+ | * prying into the correspondence of others to their prejudice; | ||
+ | * using false weights and measures, | ||
+ | * adulterating merchandise, so as to render saleable what purchasers would otherwise never buy, or so as to derive larger profits from goods otherwise marketable only at lower figures; | ||
+ | * bribing judges, | ||
+ | * suborning witnesses; | ||
+ | * advancing false testimony; | ||
+ | * manufacturing spurious seals; | ||
+ | * [[forgery|forging]] signatures; | ||
+ | * padding accounts; | ||
+ | * interpolating the texts of legal enactments; and | ||
+ | * sharing in the pretended birth of supposititious offspring | ||
+ | are among the chief forms which this crime assumes. | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
- | * [[Lie]] | ||
* [[Fake]] | * [[Fake]] | ||
- | * "[[False consciousness]]" is the Marxist concept that the proletariat are misguided as ... False consciousness is theoretically linked with the concepts of the ... | + | *[[Lie]] or falsehood, a type of [[deception]] in the form of an untruthful statement |
+ | *[[Falsity]] or falsehood, in law, deceitfulness by one party that results in damage to another | ||
+ | *[[Falsies]] padding for use in a brassiere to create the appearance of larger breasts | ||
+ | *[[False accusations]] | ||
+ | *[[False advertising]] | ||
+ | *[[False alarm]] | ||
+ | *[[False arrest]] | ||
+ | *[[False confession]] | ||
+ | * "[[False consciousness]]" is the Marxist concept that the proletariat are misguided as ... False consciousness is theoretically linked with the concepts of the ... | ||
+ | *[[False conviction]] | ||
+ | *[[False dilemma]] | ||
* [[False document]]: a form of verisimilitude that attempts to create in the reader (viewer, audience, etc) a sense of authenticity beyond the normal and ... | * [[False document]]: a form of verisimilitude that attempts to create in the reader (viewer, audience, etc) a sense of authenticity beyond the normal and ... | ||
+ | *[[False ending]] | ||
+ | *[[False etymology]] | ||
+ | *[[False flag]] | ||
+ | *[[False friend]] | ||
+ | *[[False gharial]] | ||
+ | *[[False hero]] | ||
+ | *[[False imprisonment]] | ||
+ | *[[False memory]] | ||
+ | *[[False neurotransmitter]] | ||
+ | *[[False pregnancy]] | ||
+ | *[[False prophet]] | ||
+ | *[[False self]] | ||
+ | *[[False start]] | ||
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False is the antonym of the adjective true.
Falsity
Falsity (from Latin falsitas) or falsehood is a perversion of truth originating in the deceitfulness of one party, and culminating in the damage of another party. Falsity is also a measure of the quality or extent of the falseness of something, while a falsehood may also mean simply an incorrect (false) statement, independent of any intention to deceive.
In the Frege-Church ontology, "truth" is the denotation of a true proposition, while "falsity" is the denotation of false propositions.
In esthetics, falsity is ugly, and truth is beautiful.
In existentialism, falsity is usually a thing to be avoided, and is not desired.
Examples
- Counterfeiting money, or attempting to coin genuine legal tender without due authorization;
- tampering with wills, codicils, or such-like legal instruments;
- prying into the correspondence of others to their prejudice;
- using false weights and measures,
- adulterating merchandise, so as to render saleable what purchasers would otherwise never buy, or so as to derive larger profits from goods otherwise marketable only at lower figures;
- bribing judges,
- suborning witnesses;
- advancing false testimony;
- manufacturing spurious seals;
- forging signatures;
- padding accounts;
- interpolating the texts of legal enactments; and
- sharing in the pretended birth of supposititious offspring
are among the chief forms which this crime assumes.
See also
- Fake
- Lie or falsehood, a type of deception in the form of an untruthful statement
- Falsity or falsehood, in law, deceitfulness by one party that results in damage to another
- Falsies padding for use in a brassiere to create the appearance of larger breasts
- False accusations
- False advertising
- False alarm
- False arrest
- False confession
- "False consciousness" is the Marxist concept that the proletariat are misguided as ... False consciousness is theoretically linked with the concepts of the ...
- False conviction
- False dilemma
- False document: a form of verisimilitude that attempts to create in the reader (viewer, audience, etc) a sense of authenticity beyond the normal and ...
- False ending
- False etymology
- False flag
- False friend
- False gharial
- False hero
- False imprisonment
- False memory
- False neurotransmitter
- False pregnancy
- False prophet
- False self
- False start