![]() Staying out of the street to avoid the danger of being run over follows the Coherence Theory moreso than the Correspondence Although people may have not experienced a scenario for themselves, they trust the experience of others going through it and use that set of beliefs to keep themselves intact. A ‘series (or set) of beliefs put in motion at any given time’ mentioned within the lecture structure how the Coherence Theory challenges the Correspondence Theory. The Chapter 6 lectures provide an easier way of seeing how the Coherence Theory works in the real world. ![]() The Coherence Theory creates infintessimal pathways across communication and truth as it poses more questions than answers in the end. When one tells another that the sky is blue, they are telling the truth in accordance to the Correspondence Theory and the Coherence Theory, but the Coherence Theory recognizes that all parts of this truth are still only beliefs. The preceeding principle challenges the Correspondence Theory of truth as it states truth, at its core, is still (subjective) and only belief. Instead, truth consists of coherence between a belief and other beliefs” (Velasquez, p. “Truth is not correspondence between a belief and a fact in the real world. The Correspondence Theory depends entirely upon a fact being true (such as water’s freezing levels), but what does one use to correspond that fact to? In essence, the Correspondence Theory uses only one branch of (relative) truth and that may lead to more questions and less conclusive answers. How can one determine a proposition to be true if the initial truth is yet another proposition? This notion may seem a bit convoluted, but there is a cyclic nature to philosophy that leads us back to the intial question we asked in the first place. The meaning behind this statement challenges the whole foundation of the Correspondence Theory. “To which fact is a true proposition supposed to correspond?” (Velasquez, p. ![]() There are challenges to the Correspondence Theory as scaling truth goes far beyond simple comparisons. In relation to the prior example, the teacher was truthful in their claims as real world evidence corresponds with the information communicated to the student. When people pass along information as fact, the only way to test that supposed fact’s truthfulness is by seeing how that information relates to the real, material universe. If a student is told by their teacher that water freezes at below 32 degrees celsius, that information becomes factual truth as in reality, water does turn to ice at below 32 degrees celsius. Rationalist philosopher Bradley advocated the Coherence theory of truth.The Correspondence Theory in actuality is how spoken word, and said truth conforms to reality. This theory holds that a proposition is true if it is consistent with all other propositions that are accepted as true in the system. Truth is an internal relation among propositions. Non-contradiction among these statements is falsity. Truth is the coherence or harmony of one proposition with other propositions in the system.Ī system has different proportions that are logically connected and are in harmony with one another. The Coherence theory of Truth holds that knowledge is a comprehensive and harmonious system of statements. Truth is an internal consistency between the propositions of a particular system. ![]() a proposition is true if it is consistent with every other statement of that system of knowledge. Coherence is an internal relation among the propositions. According to this theory, truth consists in coherence. Hence coherence theory relies upon the consistency or harmony between propositions. Not all propositions can be compared directly with facts. The Coherence or Consistency theory of thruth was propounded to overcome the limitations of the Correspondence theory of truth.
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