![]() ![]() Item Type:Īstrology, epistemology, correspondence theory of truth, coherence theory of truth, pragmatic theory of truth, William James, science, pseudoscience, divination, pantheism, panpsychismī Philosophy. A case could be built upon James’s philosophy under which the individual would have a right to believe in astrology as a source of truth – albeit, this would not be the intersubjective or scientifically-validated truth which critics typically insist upon. These generally presuppose that contemporary scientific modes of analysis suffice for such an evaluation. This includes his understanding of the pragmatic theory of truth and other elements, such as radical empiricism, which comprise his pluralist pantheistic philosophy.Ĭompelling reasons from numerous commentators are presented according to which astrology should be judged not true. William James’s philosophy is discussed as a congenial context for astrology-as-divination. The two accounts that embody these approaches – astrology-as-divination, and astrology-as-science – are central throughout the thesis. William James defined the pragmatist theory of truth, as an idea is true so long as to believe it manifestly false. From this follows the working assumption that the three theories of truth suffice as a system of analysis with which to define and elucidate the issues that have arisen when astrology’s truth-status has been considered.Ī feature of recent discourse regarding astrology has been the argument that it should be considered a form of divination rather than as a potential science. No estimation of astrology’s truth-status was found which could not be articulated by reference to the three. Some alternatives are discussed in the process of evaluating the adequacy of the three theories. These are: the correspondence, coherence, and pragmatic theories. The three major theories of truth from contemporary Western epistemology are the primary structure used to establish philosophical context. These truth-claims, and reasons for them, are sourced from advocates and critics of astrology and are taken from extant literature and interviews recorded for the thesis. This thesis discusses and gives philosophical context to claims regarding the truth-status of astrology – specifically, horoscopic astrology. These philosophers came to prominence in the closing decades of the nineteenth century, but their effect on British philosophy and. Bradley (18461924) was the most famous, original and philosophically influential of the British Idealists. Even in the mind of a single subject, consistency of beliefs is more demanding than coherence, but neither is very likely.Ĭoherence and consistency are best understood as desirable conditions for any theory of truth, including the correspondence theory of truth.Phillipson, Garry (2020) Astrology and Truth - A Context in Contemporary Epistemology.pdfĪvailable under License Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives. First published Thu substantive revision Tue Feb 23, 2021. In a system of belief as large as the culture of a society, there are many conflicting beliefs. But consistency is only possible for relatively modest logical and mathematical systems. Though they shared the same broad outlook on truth, there was immediate. They called themselves the Metaphysical Club, with intentional irony. The pragmatic theory of truth arose in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the 1870s, in a discussion group that included Peirce and William James. The coherence theory is close to the consistency theory of truth. Truth, in other words, is the best that we could do. ![]() In this case, coherence is one way to justify a belief. In traditional epistemology, the coherence may be internal to a personal set of beliefs that are accessible to a subject. In analytic language philosophy, the truth of a proposition depends on its agreement with some larger set of propositions, ideally all known true propositions and any logical inferences from those propositions. ![]() ![]() Charles Sanders Peirce's theory of pragmatic truth is the coherent inter-subjective agreement of an open community of inquirers. Perfect coherence is not to be expected, of course. In scientific theories, every new observational fact must be integrated with existing facts to make them maximally coherent. In philosophies of idealism, all the ideas or beliefs are said to cohere with one another, perhaps because the world is reason itself or created by a rational agent. Recent critics of the coherence theory of truth (notably Ralph Walker) have alleged that the theory is incoherent, since its defence presupposes the. Adolphe Quételet Jürgen Renn Juan Roederer Jerome Rothstein David Ruelle Tilman Sauerīiosemiotics Free Will Mental Causation James SymposiumĪ coherence theory bases the truth of a belief on the degree to which it coheres ("hangs together") with all the other beliefs in a system of beliefs (typically one person's beliefs, but it could be any body of knowledge). ![]()
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