The Coherence Theory of Truth: Russell’s Worst Invention?

Stewart Candlish, N. Damnjanovic
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In his 1989 book, The Coherence Theory of Truth: Realism, anti-realism, idealism, Ralph Walker attributed the coherence theory to various people, ranging from Spinoza to a temporal stage of Wittgenstein. I give a brief account of the origins of the idea that there is something properly called the ‘coherence theory of truth’, explicitly embraced by some philosophers and legitimately attributable to others. An examination of even the textbook ‘coherence theorists’ reveals that none deserves the label. Attempts to pin this label onto someone, even oneself, fail for good reason: ideas initially framed in coherentist jargon quickly mutate, as so-called coherence theorists, when put under the modest pressure involved in moving from slogans and rhetoric to the articulation of a theory, flee in different directions.
真理的连贯理论:罗素最糟糕的发明?
Ralph Walker在他1989年的著作《真理的连贯性理论:现实主义,反现实主义,唯心主义》中,将连贯性理论归因于从斯宾诺莎到维特根斯坦的时间阶段的各种人。我简要地叙述了这种观念的起源,即有一种被恰当地称为“真理的连贯理论”的东西,它被一些哲学家明确地接受,并合理地归因于其他哲学家。即使是教科书上的“相干理论家”,也没有人配得上这个标签。试图将这一标签贴在某人身上,甚至是自己身上,都有很好的理由失败:最初用连贯主义术语构建的想法很快就会变异,就像所谓的连贯理论家一样,当受到从口号和修辞转向理论表达的适度压力时,就会向不同的方向逃跑。
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