When describing a statement of fact, you should refer to it as?

• A. True
• B. Logical
• C. Proven
• D. Valid

Answer: (A)

The main idea is assigning a truth value to a proposition. A statement of fact is described as true when it accurately reflects how things are in the real world or in the given context. Saying something is true labels its truth, not its proof or its argumentative form.

Proving something is a separate idea: proof shows that, within a system, the statement follows from given axioms or premises. A statement can be true without having been proven within a particular system.

Valid describes the reliability of an argument’s structure—if the premises are true, the conclusion must be true—but it applies to the entire argument, not to a single factual assertion. Logical refers to the relationship between reasoning and truth in general, not to the factual status of a particular claim. So the best way to describe a statement of fact is that it is true.