coherence theory

American  

noun

Philosophy.

1. the theory of truth that every true statement, insofar as it is true, describes its subject in the totality of its relationship with all other things.

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Etymology

Origin of coherence theory

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Calling the hypothesis of the absolute by the name of the 'coherence theory of truth,' he calls the problem of understanding how the complete coherence of all things in the absolute should involve as a necessary moment in its self-maintenance the self-assertion of the finite minds, a self-assertion which in its extreme form is error,—he calls this problem, I say, an insoluble puzzle.

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No such guarantee is offered by the next theory, which is known as the 'consistence' or 'coherence' theory.

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A major survey, focused on the contributions of Keith Lehrer and Laurence Bon Jour, was carried out in The Current State of the Coherence Theory.

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