Correspondence Theory of Truth
Correspondence Theory of Truth
The theory that the truth of propositions is determined by the existence of some one-one correspondence between the terms of the propsition and the elements of some fact. Supporters of this view differ as to the nature of the determinate relation by which the alleged correspondence is constituted.
Contrasted with the Coherence Theory of Truth. Cf. B. Russell, An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth, 1941, for defence, and F. H. Bradley, Essays on Truth and Reality, for criticisms of the theory. — M.B.
In more general epistemologyTheory of knowledge which maintains that truth attaches to a proposition by virtue of its capacity to represent or portray fact. — A.C.B.