1/24/07
We talked about a few different theories of truth: correspondence theory, coherence theory, and the pragmatic theory. We were asked to describe or define war using the corresondence theory and I erronosly said a conflict between one or more groups, maybe an ideological war. But in correspondence theory you're looking for tangible physical elements. The professor described it as WMDs in Iraq and the perceived understanding that they were real and that was something to go to war over. Pluto is another example, it was a planet and everyone believed it was and now its not. Coherence theory might be described as something that makes sense internally, there may be some gaps such as evolution theory(though it is the most likely theory)