A Constructive Critique of Mario Bunge’s Theory of Truth

Mεtascience: Scientific General Discourse 2:130-137 (2022)
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Truth is the degree of accuracy when representing reality. We postulate three cognitive stages: the psychon, produced by perception; the construct, produced by intellection; and the speech act, produced by communication. Truth lies in the second; only constructs are alethic. Truth is a quality which takes place in degrees. Certainty is the unreachable perfect tip of this gradation, so it is an ideal concept. A thesis is deemed true if its alethical degree is acceptably efficacious, otherwise the thesis is deemed false. Put in other words, we deem true any thesis not having enough fails to deem it false.

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