Is There a Theory of Truth?

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Sorordy says the correspondence theory of truth can't be right, because usually you need a condition for success. And he says, but there is just no way we could know it. He rejects any discussion of truth as this objective, separate reality that we're trying to accessye. Aand he says the same about epistemology. Says, as a partisan of solidaritya, the pragmatist's account of value of co operative human inquiry has only an ethical base and not an metaphysical one.

David and Tamler take their first real look at pragmatism via Richard Rorty’s “Solidarity or Objectivity.” Can we discover facts about the world as it “really is,” independent of our own culturally influenced methods of inquiry? If not, does that make us relativists? Is David right about pragamatism being an ass-backward approach to scientific truth, or is he just a pragmatist who’s not ready to admit that to himself? Plus, does "The Little Mermaid" have to be white? What about Clark Kent? And we select the topic finalists for our Patreon listener selected episode.