Since the very beginning of time, there has been a question that has been continually asked. The question of “what is truth?”. According to Karl Jaspers, the essence of philosophy is not the possession of the truth, but rather the search for truth. When then can we stop searching and take possession of truth? People have decided to stop at some point and take possession of what there think is true, while others still continue to search for truth. This is without thought the reason why there are so many religious beliefs and cultural beliefs. There are many philosophical theories of truth. We have for example the coherence theory and the correspondence theory. This paper will focus on the elaboration of the coherence and correspondence theory.
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For example, to verify if the statement “There is a bottle of milk there?”, we just need to go to the refrigerator and check. Then we will be able to determine whether or not the sentence is true.
One major weakness of the correspondence theory is that the correspondence theory cannot prove the truthiness of certain aspects, especially things that are supernatural. For example, the correspondence theory will not be able to determine whether or not God exist.
The coherence theory is the belief that a proposition is true, to the extent that it agrees with other true propositions. That is, for a proposition to be true, it must be coherent with other propositions that are true. When we read this theory, we notice that truth of a proposition is subjective. To say that a statement is true, based on other sentences, whether true statements or not is very discouraging. The precedence (The sentences we are cohering with) might not have any relation with the sentence we are trying to determine its truth.
For example, the sentence “the sun rise from the east and sleeps in the west” is true has absolutely no relation to the sentence “there is milk in the refrigerator?”. That is a
For example, to verify if the statement “There is a bottle of milk there?”, we just need to go to the refrigerator and check. Then we will be able to determine whether or not the sentence is true.
One major weakness of the correspondence theory is that the correspondence theory cannot prove the truthiness of certain aspects, especially things that are supernatural. For example, the correspondence theory will not be able to determine whether or not God exist.
The coherence theory is the belief that a proposition is true, to the extent that it agrees with other true propositions. That is, for a proposition to be true, it must be coherent with other propositions that are true. When we read this theory, we notice that truth of a proposition is subjective. To say that a statement is true, based on other sentences, whether true statements or not is very discouraging. The precedence (The sentences we are cohering with) might not have any relation with the sentence we are trying to determine its truth.
For example, the sentence “the sun rise from the east and sleeps in the west” is true has absolutely no relation to the sentence “there is milk in the refrigerator?”. That is a