how is truth established?

Question

by Correspondence or by Coherence?

Answer 1

Truth itself, of course, needs not establishment. The true state of affairs goes about its merry way in spite of the splashings of the philosophical citizenry, content to leave them to the sharks.

Truth in propositions comes from their correspondence to the true state of affairs. A statement is true if it isomorphically represents the factual state of affairs in the universe to one who properly uses the language in which the statement is made. The irony of this is that it is impossible to know which statements do or do not correspond to the truth! However, this is a separate question.

It makes little sense to claim that truth can be established by internal consistency, as do the coherentists. One can construct vastly many systems of inter-related propositions which are not contradictory, however this is not in any way an argument for their truth. It is likely that the one single "true" system of premises will be found among the vast class of coherent systems, but the determination will still be made by the system's correspondence to the facts.

Coherence can be viewed as validity. If all you are interested in is internal consistency, rather than corroboration with the outside world, it can be found in any valid argument, with no concern for its soundness.

Humanities' best method for establishing true propositions is the scientific method of abductive reasoning. Hypothesis, observation, experimentation and testing which can be replicated, falsified, or confirmed thus gleaning a higher degree of inductive probability. Scientific explanation is the best way to approximate facts and truth, despite the impossibility of ever knowing for certain which of the postulates of science really are true. Nevertheless, it remains obvious that those postulates are true with correspondence to reality.

Answer 2

Coherence. Unity. Remembering/validating the truth about one's authentic nature and purpose. This is our unique concept of "the Divine" - WHAT we love that is our essential nature. If the little learned ego identity is discarded, coherence is reestablished both within (rather than the jihad between Self and ego) and without. Reality synchronizes with being, bliss and purpose. A frequency coherence of the heart/brain that is measurable and causal. Creation is the result whether coherence is accidental or stabilized through ego "death/transcendence."

Answer 3

Truth is established by conformity to already existing facts and past experiences.It should both agree with reality and be consistent.That is the test. When reality changes, certain propositions and conclusions that we have already drawn may change.That is not truth,because truth does not change.However it should completely agree with the present state of reality.For example, the society changes over time but certain conclusions about it always remain in force, for e.g.the nature of human beings in the society, which always is composed of good and bad traits.
Truth is capable of independent verification at any point of time.

Answer 4

The more popular theory of truth is the correspondence theory. It's not a big deal to worry about. If I say my house is red, but we can see that it is blue, then "it is red" is false, because it does not correspond with reality. We all know that.

Answer 5

Truth is defined by stability and consistency... hence it would be coherence to establish an early truth subject to confirmation through consistent repetition.

Answer 6

Truth is an illusion we convince ourselves is real.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 7

By decree