P5: U2, M4 Flashcards
It is a rational term
Coherence
It is a relational term
Correspondence
1st Category: empirical knowledge claim
2nd category: theory of reality
Correspondence Theory of Truth
1st: analytic knowledge claim
2nd: theory of reason/ formal knowledge
Coherence Theory of Truth
What are the 4 realist versions of correspondence theory of truth?
C w direct observation, future, past (use of documents and testimony of eye witness in order to corroborate the claim about the past), empirical generalization
The task of complying with the process of verification using the correspondence theory of truth
Inter-Subjective Consensus
Believing that something is bad or good because of its consequences and not in and of itself
Teleological
Believing that something is bad or good because of itself and not its consequences
Deontological
A limitation of correspondence theory is the difficulty of verifying claims about the ___
past
You can directly see and observe what is happening which allows you to make that claim
Correspondence with direct observation
It is something that you notice in the past which make it mire validates and supports the claim for the future
Correspondence with future observation
When we make a claim about a past happening, we usually look at concrete evidence or eyewitness
Correspondence means the use of documents and testimony of eyewitnesses in order to corroborate the claim about the past
evidence provided by the representative sample of the population concerened
Empirical Generalization in Varying Degrees of Generality