A question about philosophy

[Dworkin]

4. Agreed

defacto7,

I agree with much of your post. In formal logic the words 'true' and 'false' have a technical meaning, but in everyday language we often use them in the way you describe.

There is a correspondence theory in epistemology which describes knowledge as 'justified true belief'. If a belief is expressed (thus being an opinion) we look for a correspondence between the opinion and the subject in hand. This correspondence may be better or worse.

There would be nothing unusual in a person saying, 'In my opinion these apples are sweet'. Another, tasting the same apples might say, 'True'.

D.