JOTTINGS ON THE CONCEPT OF TRUTH some tips for Theology
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Traditional theories of truth are here presented, from the correspondence one to that of consensus. Constructivism is shown as an alternative to the social sciences and humanities, which display emancipatory traits, and this is taken into account in their concept of truth. Regarding religion, truth is more of an experiential type, but theology must follow the criteria of truth common to other sciences. Therefore, criticisms from new atheists do not hold, since they think that religion has only a cognitive science. However, they are right in pointing out human propensity to deception and self-deception (delusion), albeit these are common to all fields of knowledge. Theology has also to question itself about what kind of empirical evidences it has to ground its assertions. Religious pluralism (and therefore different truth claims) is a problem, but understanding the common roots of religion as explained by evolutionary theories gives us a common basis to cope with the problem. In short, what is proposed here is an outline of a sound defense of realism in Theology.
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