A quality, property, or characteristic which is attributed to, or predicated of, something. The state of being independent, self-determining, or free. The branch of philosophy concerned with the study of values. Moral conduct should be universalized. The classic example of a purely deontological approach to ethics.
Truth is determined by that which is internally and logically consistent.
The state of being dependent upon something else for existence. Truth is determined by that which corresponds to the present state of affairs. Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Gottfried Leibniz, and Medieval Islamic philosopher Al-Ghazali. From the Greek word kosmos, meaning world or universe. Deductive Reasoning usually proceeds from general to particular, or from whole to parts.