In this essay it is shown that truth is found through, scientists, explorations, and philosophers. With these three topics we will be looking in depth at the works of Darwin, Christopher Columbus, Aristotle and Plato.

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Is Truth Made or Found

The question is, if truth is made or found. In this essay it is shown that truth is found through, scientists, explorations, and philosophers. With these three topics we will be looking in depth at the works of Darwin, Christopher Columbus, Aristotle and Plato.

The first way that will be discussed to prove that truth was found is expressed through Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. Today in the world and the physical Universe it is clear to see that life is an evolutionary process. Darwin’s theory of evolution is but just one theory as to how this process occurred with regard to the evolution of life on this planet and is considered by most to be a self-evident fact. Darwin’s theory of evolution postulates that life arose from non-living matter, by the way of some unknown natural process on a pre-biotic earth and then proceeded to evolve into more complex life forms almost exclusively by the way of random mutation and natural selection process. This is known as “the survival of the fittest" and is widely accepted by most of the scientific community, as well as the general public. This is a fact of life and there is little doubt that this process did not play a significant role in changing the characteristics within a species. (This process is known as microevolution.) With his theory it is so simple and in accordance with every day to day observation of modern genetics that it has to be self-evident. With more evidence of his theory, fossil’s have been uncovered that date back to early b.c. to prove his theory of evolution. His theory his rooted in the essence of Philosophical Materialism and the very basis of the science that represents that philosophy. Hence, Darwin’s theory of evolution is embedded in the community of science and forever will stand.

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The second reasoning proving that truth is found and not made is by looking at the great explorer, Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus traveled the world to prove that the world is it fact round, and not a four-sided object imbedded in the world’s mind. Columbus proved that the world was round by three methods. The first one, being dead reckoning navigation. When Columbus traveled he used, the navigator measures out his course and distance from that point on a chart, pricking the chart with a pin to mark the new position. Each day's ending position would be the starting point ...

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