![]() Is something like a collection of beliefs. Not believe that there is an ontological distinction between beliefsĪnd what makes beliefs true. That a belief is (at least most of the time) ontologically distinctįrom the objective conditions which make the belief true. Advocates of the correspondence theory believe Idealists are led to a coherence theory of truth by their Of British Idealists in the last years of the nineteenth century and ![]() Certainly a coherence theory was adopted by a number Walker (1989) attributes coherentism to Spinoza, Kant,įichte and Hegel. More recently,Įpistemological and semantic considerations have been the basis forĮarly versions of the coherence theory were associated with Persuaded by reflection on metaphysical questions. Early advocates of coherence theories were Two principal lines of argument have led philosophers to adopt aĬoherence theory of truth. With a set of beliefs, it can be known to cohere with the set.Īrguments for Coherence Theories of Truth Reject the principle of transcendence since, if a proposition coheres It or a contrary proposition coheres with the specified set. Coherentists who do notīelieve that the specified set is the set of propositions believed byĪn omniscient being are committed to rejection of the principle ofīivalence since it is not the case that for every proposition either Principle of transcendence (which says that a proposition may be trueĮven though it cannot be known to be true). (according to which every proposition is either true or false) and the RealismĪbout truth involves acceptance of the principle of bivalence Which would be believed by people like us at some limit of inquiry,Ĭoherentism involves the rejection of realism about truth. If the specified set is a set actually believed, or even a set Idealists seem to accept this account of the specified set. Propositions which would be believed by an omniscient being. At the other extreme,Ĭoherence theorists can maintain that the specified set contains the Such a coherence theory, see Putnam (1981). Of those propositions which will be believed when people like us (withįinite cognitive capacities) have reached some limit of inquiry. According to a moderate position, the specified set consists For such a version of the theory, see Young Propositions is the largest consistent set of propositions currentlyīelieved by actual people. At oneĮxtreme, coherence theorists can hold that the specified set of The questions of who believes the propositions and when. Coherentists generally agree that the specified setĬonsists of propositions believed or held to be true. Short) differ is the constitution of the specified set of The second point on which coherence theorists (coherentists, for Set of propositions if and only if it is entailed by members of the ![]() According to this version, a proposition coheres with a Understood here as strict logical entailment, or entailment in some If coherence is consistency, theĬoherence theorist would have to claim that both propositions areĪ more plausible version of the coherence theory states that theĬoherence relation is some form of entailment. Propositions could both be consistent with a specified set and yet be Propositions which do not belong to a specified set. This account ofĬoherence is unsatisfactory for the following reason. That the proposition is consistent with the set. Proposition coheres with a specified set of propositions is to say (I will refer toĪccording to some early versions of the coherence theory, theĬoherence relation is simply consistency. Propositions with which true propositions cohere. The theory also give various accounts of the set (or sets) of ![]() Different versions of the theory giveĭifferent accounts of the coherence relation. These versionsĭiffer on two major issues. The coherence theory of truth has several versions. Versions of the Coherence Theory of Truth Criticisms of Coherence Theories of Truth.Arguments for Coherence Theories of Truth.Versions of the Coherence Theory of Truth.Holds that propositions about propositions have propositions as their Of propositions are not (in general) propositions, but rather TheĬorrespondence theory, in contrast, states that the truth conditions According to the coherence theory, the truthĬonditions of propositions consist in other propositions. The two theories also give conflicting accounts Refers to the bearers of truth values, whatever they may be.)Īccording to one, the relation is coherence, according to the other, (In thisĪrticle, proposition is not used in any technical sense. Relation between propositions and their truth conditions. The competing theories give conflicting accounts of the The coherence theory differs from its principalĬompetitor, the correspondence theory of truth, in two essential Proposition consists in its coherence with some specified set of A coherence theory of truth states that the truth of any (true)
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