Truth is defined as?

• A. The coherence of a set of ideas
• B. The Correspondence of a Statement to Reality
• C. The Logical Form of a Proposition
• D. The Usefulness of a Claim

Answer: (B)

Truth is defined as the correspondence of a statement to reality. In this view, a claim is true when what it asserts aligns with how things actually are in the world. For example, "Water boils at 100°C at sea level" is true because the world behaves that way under those conditions. If someone says "There is a unicorn in the garden" and there isn’t, that claim is false.

This perspective focuses on the relation between language and reality, rather than on whether a statement fits well with a larger system of beliefs (coherence), or on the internal structure of the statement itself (logical form), or on how useful the claim is in practice. The coherence view would judge truth by consistency with other beliefs, the form view emphasizes how a proposition is arranged, and usefulness treats truth as a matter of practical utility rather than whether it tracks reality.