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Chapter 3 Flashcards

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Consistency

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All statements must be consistent with each other

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Inclusiveness

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All facts (statements) must be considered

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Organization

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Statements must be put in a coherent system of relationships

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Hypothesis

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Truth (statements/system) has to answer problems advanced or encountered

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Verification

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Truth (statements) must be tested

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Pragmatic theory of truth:

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Something is true because it works

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Coherence theory of truth

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A statement matches other statements

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Law of non-contradiction

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Something can not be itself and the opposite of what it is

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Law of excluded middle

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Something either is or it is not

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Law of identity

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Something is what it is

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Subjective theory of truth

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Truth is based on personal desire

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Correspondence theory of truth

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Thought matches an external reality

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Absolute truth

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A truth or set of truths that apply to everyone

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14
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Pluralism

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Contradictory ideas about God are all correct

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Who in the scripture asked Jesus “what is truth?” What is the reference?

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Pilate

John 18:37-38

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Does hardy agree with the stamens that truth is a person as in “i am the way the truth and the life”

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No. He he says that truth is not usually described as a person

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In what way is Jesus the truth?

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He is the ultimate spiritual reality

18
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What does William James say about truth (pragmatic theory)?

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You can say (of a statement) either that it is useful because it is true or it is true because it is useful

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What are some of the weaknesses of the pragmatic theory of truth?

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What is good and useful is never experienced
Who decides what is true?
The theory does not establish what is true

20
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What is the weakness of the correspondence theory of truth

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A theory that us coherent within itself can be a completely false system. Issue relates to validity not veracity

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What is the relationship between the subjective theory of truth, relativism, and pluralism

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Like the subjective theory of truth, relativism, and pluralism is related to an individual’s preference or desire

22
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What ethical/moral truth does hardy suggest is true for every culture - it is wrong for every culture?

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Genocide

23
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What us Norman Geisler’s view on the law of non-contradiction as if affects the pragmatic theory of truth?

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2 contradictory things can bring forth positive results (eh can both be useful). Thus, pragmatism cannot determine truth

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