-
Essay / What is Absolute Truth? - 1312
Can we really know when something can be considered true or false. Truth can be something that pleases a person, or can reason with a person's knowledge that they have already developed. The knowledge we possess can shape the way we think, and it also changes the truth a person sees. Our knowledge also limits us to what we consider to be true. In our century, every year we discover something new, so our truth is constantly changing. One of the conflicts that also comes to mind when talking about true and false is whether a true belief counts as knowledge or not depends on inherently imprecise judgments about whether the believer accidentally reason. To analyze this statement, I will look at the three different theories of truth and how in everything that is true, there is an aspect of falsehood. The theories are first of all the theory of correspondences. Second, the coherence theory and finally the pragmatic theory. Correspondence theory is a type of truth in which a statement is considered true if it corresponds to a fact. In this theory, we can define this truth as something that is not said by someone else, or because it seems right, but it comes from facts that can be found in reality. This theory basically covers what people have in common and believe in truth for the person and for others. The fact is considered something realistic, something that exists or has already happened. For example, I know for a fact that people are capable of traveling outside of space. On the other hand, some things can be considered negative and false, leading the correspondence theory to misrepresent them. Facts can sometimes tend to be far-reaching... middle of paper ... which is a misrepresentation. Whereas the coherence theory finds a way to reduce the correspondence theory and makes truth a purely social or divine construct. Pragmatic theory underestimates the truth of certain propositions, so the rule does not apply to every occasion or statement. At the same time, this reduces the theory of coherence. No one can say exactly what is true and what is false, it all depends on the person's belief. Since everyone tends to believe something, everyone has their own definition of what they claim to be true or false. Works Cited “Knowledge, Truth and Meaning”. Cover: Human knowledge: foundations and limits. Internet. February 17, 2011. .Lagemaat, Richard Van De. Theory of knowledge for the IB diploma. United Kingdom: Cambridge UP, 2005. Print.Pages 440 - 47