On Davidson’s Coherent View Of Truth

The issue of truth is a key and difficult issue in the research process of western philosophy,and it has become a focus topic of current British and American philosophy circles.Davidson put forward the coherence theory of truth on the basis of critically reflecting on the traditional coincidence theory of truth.This position holds that the world is a logically unified whole,and whether the proposition and the fact are consistent is no longer the criterion for judging the truth,but whether the sub-propositions within a set of propositions are consistent.Davidson’s Coherence Theory of Truth adds coherence to the basis of correspondence theory,so that truth can be integrated with our knowledge system;added the principle of tolerance,a statement only needs to be consistent with most of our beliefs;added It is agreed that the truth is relative to a certain person at a certain time.This solves the problem that the correspondence theory cannot explain the truth and reasonable interpretation of the truth,so his coherence theory is relatively rich in content.In addition,Davidson’s innovation on the truth issue has a clear pragmatism dimension.Provided theoretical support for later philosophers.This theory also has its own shortcomings,the concept of coherence cannot be clearly stated,and we cannot guarantee that our knowledge systems are compatible and true.This embodies the theory of coherence that knowledge cannot be defined and that there is a causal relationship between experience and knowledge.But it provides a more effective method for future generations to study the problem of truth and solve problems that cannot be solved by coincidence theory.