Truism

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Under a truism (English truism from true , 'true') one understands usually a truism , a commonplace or an unverifiable truth.

  • Psychology : In social psychology, truisms are generally accepted statements by certain social groups, which are therefore difficult to refute and hardly ever verified.
  • Philosophy : In philosophy, it is such statements that are derived in a reformulation of generally accepted definitions, axioms and theorems. A truism can be a tautology or a definition that is inherently true. Examples are the statements “Under the given conditions the earth is round” or “All spheres are round”.
  • Rhetoric : Truisms also denote rhetorical stylistic devices that cover half-truths through misleading reference to recognized truths.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Truismus , in Duden Online , accessed on May 15, 2013.
  2. ↑ Peter O Güttler: Social Psychology: Social Attitudes, Prejudices, Attitude Changes . Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag (January 15, 2003). ISBN 978-3486273304 . Page 252/253
  3. ↑ Marika Müller: The irony. Cultural history and text form . Königshausen & Neumann (1995). ISBN 978-3826010033 . Page 182