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truthIn philosophy, the property of statements, thoughts, or propositions that are said, in ordinary discourse, to agree with the facts or to state what is the case. At least four major types of truth theory have been proposed: correspondence theories (see realism), coherence theories (see coherentism, idealism), pragmatic theories (see pragmatism), and deflationary theories. The latter group encompasses a wide variety of views, including the redundancy theory, the disquotation theory, and the prosentential theory. truth [trüth] (geology) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Doty (1986) contends that Carneades and James developed comparable theories of truth. Assessing the strengths and weakness of "correspondence" and "coherence" theories of truth, Dupre ultimately stresses the power of truth understood in terms of ontological disclosure. Yet we are beings who have our passing theories of truth by which we understand one another, more or less. |
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