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The concepts are related through philosophical discourse where certainty is defined in relation to truth, as G.E. Moore argues that certainty requires truth [1] and distinguishes the two by noting that truth can exist without being known [2], while Ludwig Wittgenstein links certainty to the presupposition of truth within social activities [3].
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Epistemology - Belief, Justification, Rationality | Britannica britannica.com 3 facts
perspectiveLudwig Wittgenstein identified certainty not with apprehension or "seeing," but with a kind of acting, where a proposition is certain when its truth is presupposed in the various social activities of a community.
claimG.E. Moore contended that a thing cannot be certain unless it is known, distinguishing certainty from truth by noting that a thing that nobody knows may be true but cannot be certain.
claimG.E. Moore argued that the statements "I know for certain that p" and "It is certain that p" cannot be true unless the proposition p is true.