![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This sub-collection includes mainly drafts of writings authored by other scholars. Scope/Content: Included in this sub-collection are Richard Rorty's electronic research files created between 19. Contact the University of California, Irvine Libraries, Special Collections and Archives for more information ( Scope/Content: Original file location on Richard Rorty's disk: MS-C017-FD045/Coherence Theory.doc||File transferred from Richard Rorty's original floppy disk and converted to PDF for access. The authors or their heirs retain their copyrights to the material. Transmission or reproduction of any material protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. The coherence theory differs from its principal competitor, the correspondence theory of truth, in two essential respects. Bn are replaced by occurrences of cB1, cB2. A coherence theory of truth states that the truth of any (true) proposition consists in its coherence with some specified set of propositions. Bn occur distinctly in A, and D results from A when one or more occurrences of B1, B2. Lewiss modal propositional logic is a wff of the present system. The following student exercises are taken from John Hospers. THE COHERENCE THEORY OF TRUTH 355 of C.I. Coherence theories of truth assert that the truth of declarative sentences is measured by their coherence (non-contradiction) with some ideal knowledge. This material is provided for private study, scholarship, or research. Truth: Correspondence, Coherence and Pragmatic Theories. "A Coherence Theory of Truth and Knowledge:" draft Creator Davidson, Donald, 1917-2003Ĭollection Richard Rorty born digital files, 1988-2003 Stewart Candlish and Nic Damnjanovic, Perth Ralph Walker once attributed to Wittgenstein a coherence theory of truth, according to which the truth of a. ![]()
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