対たい応おう説せつ

noun

correspondence theory of truth

A technical term in philosophy, especially epistemology. Refers to the theory that a proposition is true if and only if it corresponds to the facts. Often contrasted with 整合説 (coherence theory).

See also: 整合説

• 対たい応おう説せつは、真しん理りの対たい応おう理り論ろんとして知しられている。

  The correspondence theory is known as the correspondence theory of truth.

• 哲てつ学がくの授じゅ業ぎょうで対たい応おう説せつと整せい合ごう説せつを比ひ較かくした。

  In philosophy class, we compared the correspondence theory and the coherence theory.