The basic definition of "truth," according to Merriam-Webster's handy dictionary, is "the body of real things, events and facts." But what does that actually mean? Next week, On Point will air a ...

Behind every breakthrough, there is a quest for truth. This desire is wired into humans—an insatiable curiosity about the world. Questions about truth have perplexed philosophers for thousands of ...

Regarding Dennis D. Morgan’s letter, “Old days were better in many ways” (April 30): Mr. Morgan believes that global warming is a myth, yet offers us no evidence to support this. Global warming may be ...

Every so-called truth finally expresses no more than the power of some individual or group to impose its view of things on everyone else. So runs a common strain of postmodernist thinking. In the more ...