Objective Truth

Epistemological category that refers to the objectivity of truth. Objectivity is the fundamental attribute of truth, and means that truth is the knowledge that conforms to the objective object, the objective content contained in the truthful knowledge that does not depend on human will. Any truth is an objective truth. Contents of truth are objective. As a subjective form of thought, truth takes the external objective world, which does not depend on human will, as its object of knowledge. Its fundamental feature lies in its correct revelation of the essence and laws of objective things, and in the coincidence of thought with the essence and laws of objective things. The criteria for testing the truth are also objective. Practice is the sole criterion for testing the truth. Truth is the knowledge that can stand the test of practice and proves to be consistent with the objective object by practice. The principle of the objectivity of truth is the implementation of the general principle of materialist epistemology, i.e., the theory of reflection, in the question of truth. Materialism acknowledges that truth is objective because it upholds the primacy of matter and the secondary nature of consciousness, and that consciousness is a reflection of matter. Starting out from this premise, it is necessary to acknowledge that the contents of men’s knowledge are from the objective world and are able to conform to objective objects. To acknowledge this point is to acknowledge objective truth.