Truth Definitions

Is Truth Objective or Subjective? Is Truth Objective or Subjective?- An article that examines the nature of truth. Is truth objective or subjective? Can it be both? Truthlikeness Truthlikeness- Discussion of notion of verisimilitude, closeness to truth; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Graham Oddie. Correspondence Theory of Truth Correspondence Theory of Truth- The thesis that propositions are made true in virtue of corresponding to facts; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Marian David. Revision Theory of Truth Revision Theory of Truth- Theory developed in an attempt to analyze paradoxes such as the liar paradox that appear to show that common-sense beliefs about truth are inconsistent. … Identity Theory of Truth Identity Theory of Truth- When a truth-bearer (e.g. a proposition) is true, there is a truth-maker (e.g. a fact) with which it is identical and the truth of the former consists in… Deflationary Theory of Truth Deflationary Theory of Truth- According to the deflationary theory of truth, to assert that a statement is true is just to assert the statement itself. From the Stanford Encyclope… Coherence Theory of Truth Coherence Theory of Truth- The truth of any (true) proposition consists in its coherence with some specified set of propositions. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by James O. Young. The Diamond Theory of Truth The Diamond Theory of Truth- Trudeau, in The Non-Euclidean Revolution, argued for his "Story Theory of truth" as opposed to the traditional "Diamond Theory of truth". This site de… The Semantical Conception of Truth The Semantical Conception of Truth- Online text of Tarski's 1944 article.