Correspondence Theory of Truth

Traditional epistemology

Truth as the correspondence of thought and reality (adaequatio intellectus et rei). A statement is true when it agrees with the facts. Problem: This presupposes that thought and reality exist independently of one another and can then be compared. It overlooks the constitutive role of thinking in disclosing reality.

In Hegel

Presented within the "Idea of the True" (the theoretical idea) and recognized there as one-sided—it overlooks its own constitutive role.

Cross-references

Kohärenztheorie · The Idea of the True · Detective Principle · Truth

Im buch

Ch. 5.4

Systematischer ort

The correspondence theory corresponds to the theoretical idea in Hegel—cognition that advances from the given object to adequate concepts. It remains stuck at the separation of concept and object, rather than grasping their unity.