Epistemology: Truth and Knowledge in Everyday Life
Correspondence
Example 1:
it is raining outside of my house. This statement is only true when it is actually raining outside of my house. Saying this statement while it is not raining, will obviously make this a false statement.
Example 2:
A dog is loose outside. This statement would be true if there was actually a loose dog outside. otherwise, it is false.
Pragmatism
Example 1:
All of math. Math can never be wrong and is always right, and it can always be proven, therefore there is only one correct answer and all of the rest are false.
Example 2:
The moon. People have actually stepped foot on the moon therefore I don;t believe that the moon is real, I know that the moon is real due to that evidence.
Consistency
Example 1:
The bible is an example of the
consistency truth. Nobody alive currently has actually witnessed any stories that happened in the bible and most of them happened over 1900+ years ago. Nobody has seen these events but because of public perception and everyone else believing, the religion still has many followers. Technically this would be considered knowledge by acquaintance because all of the stories were passed down and eventually the bible was made.
Example 2:
Gravity. (This seems far fetched but...) The theory of gravity hasn't been 100% proved yet and a very little amount of people actually fully know how gravity works. Despite all of this most of us believe gravity fully exists and functions in our lives.