The Problem of Truth

The Problem of Truth

Standard theories of truth face persistent difficulties:

• Correspondence theory: Truth as matching reality. But: which description of reality? At which scale? The quantum description doesn't "match" the chemical description, yet both can be true.
• Coherence theory: Truth as internal consistency. But: internally consistent systems can be collectively false (coherent delusions).
• Pragmatic theory: Truth as what works. But: works for whom, for what purpose? Different purposes yield different "truths."

A synthesis: truth is scale-relative enaction within coherence constraints, where "working" is grounded in viability preservation.