What is truth?

 What is truth?

If we look on a simple, straight forward basis, truth would be a piece of information that a person thinks is true based on their belief or their own knowledge. We can use the method of pragmatism to easily come up with solutions to problems by thinking straight forward. There are three main theories of truth. They are; Correspondence theory, Coherence theory, Pragmatic theory. These theory's were created long ago to help realize what is true and to judge the reliability of sources of information and to falsify untrue information. Each theory plays an important role in the definition of truth. Correspondence theory of truth states that the truth or falsity of a statement is determined only by how it relates to the world and whether it accurately describes that world. How ever Coherence theory of truth regards truth as coherence within some specified set of sentences, propositions or beliefs. This theory is contrasted with the correspondence theory of truth. Descartes assumes that true belief is stronger than any doubt. He does not explicitly argue it but it is implied by his definition of truth as 'beyond any doubt'. By defining truth in this way, Descartes assumes not only that the doubtful may be false, but also that the true is unquestionable. When it comes to post truth, it is not included in the theories but it is equally important in defining truth. Post-truth relates to an erosion of the common world due to the increasing irrelevance of factual truth. This can happen due to many reasons such as books movies or other sources of information. So in conclusion truth is a sense of reliable sources when combining all these theory's to come down to a solid conclusion.