truth Flashcards
what did harry frankfurt say was a greater enemy of the truth than lies?
bullshit
what is cognitive dissonance and the feistinger experiment ?
when our behaviour is at odds with our actions.
an experiment where a boring task was given, some were paid £1 and some were paid £20 - those who were paid less reported the task to be less interesting in an attempt to reduce dissonance.
name two correspondence theorists
thomas aquinas and bertrand russel
what is correspondence theory?
a theory that suggests that a statement is true if it describes a real world object and situation.
what are truth makers?
traditional answer - facts with an internal structure - object + object and relation.
what does ludwig wittgenstein’s tractacus logico claim
- the world is all that is the case
- the world is the totality of facts, not things.
what are some criticisms of correspondence theory
- Doesn’t take into account mathematical or moral truths
- you can interact with physical objects but not with facts
- truth is too fundamental to define
what is the coherence theory of truth?
the idea that in order for a set of beliefs to be true they need coherence
what is an example of a logical inconsistency?
the god could not be surprised - because he is both omniscient and omnipotent theory
what are the correspondence theory and coherence theory in terms of metaphysics?
metaphysical realism - correspondence theory
metaphysical idealism - coherence theory
who was jane addams?
forerunner of standpoint epistemology- individuals identity and social experiences inform their understanding of the world
who believed correspondence and coherence theory were too static - truth as the end of enquiry?
C S Pierce
Who thought that a belief was true, if and only if it is useful?
William James
