Schmidt Metadox of Truth

Truth Theories, Justification, and the Limits of Conceptual Thought
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-662-72756-0
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 493 Seiten

Reihe: Religion and Philosophy

The starting point of this book is the question of to what extent knowledge can be objectively justified and to what extent our statements, in their claim to be true, must necessarily presuppose a reference to a world given independently of our subjective experience. Overall, it is to be shown that, first, every theory of truth must in some way be based on correspondence-theoretical assumptions (i.e., truth is the agreement of a statement or thought with reality). Second, however, that every form of the correspondence theory necessarily leads either to internally contradictory systems (especially Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Aristotle, and Popper) or to self-contained doctrines that are, by definition, not falsifiable (Thomas Aquinas, the Stoics, Plato, Wittgenstein, Habermas). Conclusion: Since every epistemology must include correspondence-theoretical assumptions (e.g., the ontological principle of a correspondence between being and consciousness), there is always an explanatory gap inherent in them.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schmidt, Tino

Schmidt, Matthias

Inhaltsverzeichnis

0. Introduction: Structure and Content.- A. The Question of Truth from a Historical-Philosophical Perspective.- B. Truth and Reality: On the Correspondence Theory of Truth.- C. Claim to Truth and View of Reality.

Über Autor(innen)

Tino Schmidt is a psychologist, philosopher, and Catholic theologian.

Prof. Dr. Matthias Schmidt is a professor of work, organizational, and communication psychology at the University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz and head of the BASA network.