On The Formation Of Marx 's View Of Truth

The community attaches importance to the forming process of Marx’s theory of truth. Researching on the content and essence of Marx’s theory of truth is also significant. The main goal of this paper is to research the cognitive method and achieve the whole knowledge of the forming process.The form of Marx’s theory of truth doesn’t accomplish in an action. The research to the theory of truth, which is produced by Marx’s combination the western traditional truth’s theory and the present reality, constitutes the main point of this paper. Therefore, this paper is on the premise of the forming process and dilemmas of the western traditional truth’s theory. And this paper discusses the forming process and main characteristics of Marx’s theory of truth, thus finding its internal logic. This paper argues that the western traditional truth’s theory is built on Epistemology and follows the rules of the correspondence theory, which sticks to the dichotomy between subject and object. Meanwhile, on the one hand, this theory pursuits the absolute truth and separates from the real life. On the other hand,it is lack of the investigation of social and historical factors’results on the formation of truth, and ignores the person’s deserved impact. Aware of the defects of traditional truth’s theory, Marx changed the inherent mode of thinking and understood the truth from people, labor and real life, thus introducing new connotation for truth. At the same time, Marx made "the liberation of mankind" as the final target of the truth, ultimately established the practical truth’s theory of Marx, which is marked by features of a given era.In the writings of Marx, the theory of truth is abundant. From the doctoral dissertation to the Theses on Feuerbach and the Communist Manifesto, Marx’s theory of truth is step by step and goes deeper and deeper.Chapter 1 introduces the beginning of Marx’s theory of truth. Marx established the basic position that philosophy must distinguish from religion, and launched a dual critique of theory and reality. Marx began to admit the dynamic status of self-awareness and "realistic individual"; meanwhile, he paid attention to real life and deepened the content.Chapter 2 puts forward that the theme of Marx’s theory of truth is decided. Based on critique to Hegel’s "nation decides the civil society", Marx made it clear to understand the truth from the facts. At the same time, Marx further solved the problem of the relationship between subject and object. The solution to the two problems above, constitutes the materialism elements. In addition, in terms of the rights of the Jews, Marx distinguished human liberation and political liberation, which ensured the goal of "human liberation" for the theory of truth.Chapter 3 is based on the Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts in 1844 and Sacred Family. In this period, on the basis of previous studies, Marx’s theory of truth is further developed. Starting from the manuscripts, Marx created a new field of truth-the study of capitalist economy. And Marx analyzed the practical characteristic of truth, the social nature of subject (individual), the relationship between cognition and reality, thereby developing the theory of truth in-depth.Chapter 4 concludes that the Marx’s theory of truth is finally formed. Marx established practice as the basic categories of truth and made a scientific summary of the nature of the subject. This marked the end of the old philosophy of truth and the birth of "changing the world" of truth.Marx’s theory of truth is practical, which is the critical transcendence beyond predecessors. Through the research to elements of truth contained in these writings, this article grasps the integrative, historic and logical principles of the Marx’s theory of truth. Ultimately, it attempts to provide key basic research content for the study of Marx’s theory of truth.