We can truly know when something can be considered true or false. Truth can be something a person likes or can reason with the knowledge a person has already developed. The knowledge we possess can shape the way we think, so this also changes the truth a person sees. Our knowledge also limits us to what we considered true. In our century every year we discover something new so our truth is constantly changing. One of the conflicts that comes to mind when talking about true and false is whether a true belief counts as knowledge depends on intrinsically imprecise judgments regarding whether the believer is accidentally right. To analyze the statement I will examine the three different theories of truth and how in every true thing there is a false aspect. The theories are first and foremost the correspondence theory. Secondly, coherence theory and finally pragmatic theory. Correspondence theory is a type of truth, according to which a statement is considered true if it corresponds to a fact. In this theory it can be defined that truth is something that is not said by someone else, or because it seems right, but comes from facts that can be found in reality. This theory basically covers what people have in common in believing in making the truth for the person and for other people. The fact is considered something realistic, something that exists or has already happened. For example, I know for a fact that people are capable of traveling out of space. On the other hand there are some things that can be considered negatively false, which leads the correspondence theory to have a false claim about it. Sometimes facts can have a tendency to have a large gender... middle of paper... this is a false statement. While the coherence theory finds a way to reduce the correspondence theory and makes truth a purely social or divine construct. Pragmatic theory underestimates the truth of some propositions, so the rule does not apply to every occasion or statement. At the same time it reduces coherence theory. No one can say exactly what is true and what is false, it would all depend on the person's belief. Since everyone has a tendency to believe something, everyone has their own definition of what they claim to be true or false. Works Cited “Knowledge, Truth and Meaning.” Cover: Human knowledge: foundations and limits. Network. 17 February 2011. .Lagemaat, Richard Van De. Theory of Knowledge for the IB Diploma. UK: Cambridge UP, 2005. Print.Pages 440 - 47
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