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Harris, Hegel, and the truth about truth

Kenneth R. Westphal

pp. 23-29

Abstract

Harris's reflections on Hegel's correspondence theory of truth are rich and suggestive. We agree about many important, if controversial, points: Hegel relied on coherence as an important element in justification, he did not hold a coherence theory of the nature of truth, he is a realist, he holds a correspondence theory of the nature of truth, "truth as correspondence" is crucial to Hegel's view of philosophical truth, and human beings attain truth as a social and historical enterprise.1

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Browning Gary (1997) Hegel's phenomenology of spirit: a reappraisal. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 23-29

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-015-8917-8_3

Full citation:

Westphal Kenneth R. (1997) „Harris, Hegel, and the truth about truth“, In: G. Browning (ed.), Hegel's phenomenology of spirit, Dordrecht, Springer, 23–29.