Chapter 3 Flashcards
Consistency
All statements must be consistent with each other
Inclusiveness
All facts (statements) must be considered
Organization
Statements must be put in a coherent system of relationships
Hypothesis
Truth (statements/system) has to answer problems advanced or encountered
Verification
Truth (statements) must be tested
Pragmatic theory of truth:
Something is true because it works
Coherence theory of truth
A statement matches other statements
Law of non-contradiction
Something can not be itself and the opposite of what it is
Law of excluded middle
Something either is or it is not
Law of identity
Something is what it is
Subjective theory of truth
Truth is based on personal desire
Correspondence theory of truth
Thought matches an external reality
Absolute truth
A truth or set of truths that apply to everyone
Pluralism
Contradictory ideas about God are all correct
Who in the scripture asked Jesus “what is truth?” What is the reference?
Pilate
John 18:37-38
Does hardy agree with the stamens that truth is a person as in “i am the way the truth and the life”
No. He he says that truth is not usually described as a person
In what way is Jesus the truth?
He is the ultimate spiritual reality
What does William James say about truth (pragmatic theory)?
You can say (of a statement) either that it is useful because it is true or it is true because it is useful
What are some of the weaknesses of the pragmatic theory of truth?
What is good and useful is never experienced
Who decides what is true?
The theory does not establish what is true
What is the weakness of the correspondence theory of truth
A theory that us coherent within itself can be a completely false system. Issue relates to validity not veracity
What is the relationship between the subjective theory of truth, relativism, and pluralism
Like the subjective theory of truth, relativism, and pluralism is related to an individual’s preference or desire
What ethical/moral truth does hardy suggest is true for every culture - it is wrong for every culture?
Genocide
What us Norman Geisler’s view on the law of non-contradiction as if affects the pragmatic theory of truth?
2 contradictory things can bring forth positive results (eh can both be useful). Thus, pragmatism cannot determine truth
