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correspondence theory
noun[ C ]
social science specializeduk /kɒr.ɪˈspɒn.dəns ˌθɪə.ri/ us /kɔːr.əˈspɑːn.dəns ˌθɪr.i/
in philosophy, a theory that a statement is true or false only to the degree that it relates to the world and describes it accurately:
Nietzsche rejected a correspondence theory of truth.
Correspondence theory holds that what is true must correspond with what is.
Austin envisaged a purified version of the correspondence theory of truth.
Certain metaphors and analogies have been taken by philosophers as support for correspondence theories of truth.
Their model, typically on the basis of a kind of correspondence theory, assumes that words have fixed meanings located in external referents.
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