facts

n. actuality; reality; deed; proof (Law)

Facts may refer to:fact, an incontrovertible truth.Flexible AC transmission system, abbreviated FACTS.FACTS (newspaper), a Swiss newspaper.Facts (TV Series), a TV programme produced by ginaAsia Television in Hong Kong.Facts, a poem by Lewis Carroll.
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Noun
1. a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case"
(hypernym) information
(hyponym) case
2. a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts"
(hypernym) information, info
(hyponym) record, record book, book
3. an event known to have happened or something known to have existed; "your fears have no basis in fact"; "how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell"
(hypernym) reality, realness, realism
4. a concept whose truth can be proved; "scientific hypotheses are not facts"
(hypernym) concept, conception, construct

a concept that differentiates the social constructionist from teh realist. The realist says that facts exist independent of our construction.  The social constructionist feels that we socially construct facts.  Compare Tom Strong ,'s review  of Jonathan Potter 's social constructionist concept of "facts" with Jerry Shaffer 's review  of John Searle 's concept of facts, and ask yourself if the dispute is a differend.

Fully Automated Compiling Technique

<artificial intelligence, programming> The kind of clause used in logic programming which has no subgoals and so is always true (always succeeds). E.g.
wet(water). male(denis).
This is in contrast to a rule which only succeeds if all its subgoals do. Rules usually contain logic variables, facts rarely do, except for oddities like "equal(X,X).".
(1996-10-20)