correspondence theory
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of correspondence theory
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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The correspondence theory of truth makes truth a relation between statements and the world.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
Quite the opposite—it was an expansive elaboration of a morphological correspondence theory that drove Carolee for so long: This looks like this.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 13, 2019
Let’s use the correspondence theory, whereby a statement is true if it corresponds to verifiable facts in an objective reality.
From The Guardian • Aug. 20, 2018
It seems fair to say that Brunelleschi’s image aspires to exemplify what philosophers call a correspondence theory of truth, in which a statement or representation is true if it corresponds to external reality.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
The correspondence theory, then, does not test the truth-claim of the assertion; it only gives a fresh definition of it.
From Pragmatism by Murray, D. L.
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