Practice is the only criterion for checking truth

1) Truth is people's correct understanding of things and their laws of development, and testing truth is to test whether subjective understanding is consistent with objective things and their laws.

Subjective knowledge itself cannot prove whether it is correct or not, and the object of knowledge cannot "speak for itself", neither of which can be the criterion for testing truth.

Practice is an activity in which the subjective sees the objective, and it is a bridge connecting the subjective and the objective, and people can use the objective results of practice to test whether their understanding conforms to the objective reality.

If you don't adhere to the standards of practice, you will fall into the error of subjectivism.

This is the original question of this year's college entrance examination, and the topic is why practice is the only criterion for testing truth, so let's study philosophy well.

Want the truth? Practice + experience is the only way to do it!

Practice is the only criterion for testing truth because the objectivity of truth lies not only in the fact that the content of truth is objective, but also in the fact that the criterion of truth is also objective, and only practice is the objective criterion for testing whether knowledge has truthfulness. The fact that practice becomes the criterion for testing truth is determined by the nature of truth and the characteristics of practice.

And the only thing that can meet this requirement is people's social practice. Therefore, only by testing whether people's understanding is consistent with objective reality through practice can the truth have objective certainty and withstand repeated tests. Only through practice can people directly compare and contrast the understanding that guides practice with the objective results produced by practice, so that the truth can obtain realistic evidence.

The so-called criterion for testing truth is to test whether and to what extent people's subjective understanding is consistent with objective reality. Practice is the only criterion for testing truth, and it is the basic proposition of Marxist philosophy on the criterion of truth. Marxist philosophy introduces the viewpoint of practice into epistemology, organically combines dialectics and materialism, and truly scientifically solves the problem of the criterion of truth in the history of human cognition.

The reason why practice is the only criterion for testing truth is determined by the nature of truth and the characteristics of practice.

First of all, from the perspective of the nature of truth, truth is the correct reflection of objective things and the laws of their development, and its nature lies in the consistency of subjectivity and objectivity. The so-called test of truth is to test whether and to what extent people's subjective understanding is consistent with objective reality. Therefore, it is necessary to compare and contrast subjective understanding with objective reality in order to determine whether it is true or not.

Subjective cognition itself cannot claim to be correct, and objective things themselves do not matter whether they are right or wrong, that is, the criterion for testing the truth of cognition cannot be either ideological theory itself nor objective things, but can only be a bridge linking subjectivity and objectivity -- practice.

Second, from the perspective of the characteristics of practice, practice, as an objective material activity in which people actively transform the world, has the characteristics of direct reality and can turn subjective things into objective things. If the desired result is achieved in practice, and the knowledge is confirmed, it is called the knowledge of truth; If it fails, and it is not caused by something other than cognition, it is a false cognition.

Because practice can connect the subjective with the objective.

The objective materiality and subjective initiative of practice.

and social historicity, which are inseparably linked. The unity of the three embodies materialism and dialectics in practical matters.

embodies the epistemology of dialectical materialism.

The basic characteristics.

Practice is the only criterion for testing the truth of cognition, and practice can link the subjective and the objective, memorize, compare, and compare, and test whether the subjective cognition is consistent with the objective things.

Characteristics of the practice

1. Direct realism.

Practice is the objective material activity of transforming the world, it is not a purely spiritual activity, but a realistic material activity with perceptual things as the object, so the direct reality of practice is the objective reality of practical activities.

2. Conscious initiative.

The conscious initiative of practice means that practice is a conscious and purposeful activity of human beings.

3. Social historicity.

The sociality of practice refers to the fact that people are always in certain social relationships.

social practice activities. The historicity of practice refers to the fact that the practical power of human beings is formed and developed by history.

As we all know, there is a well-known saying in China, which is that "practice is the only criterion for testing truth."

This is the inevitable conclusion of pragmatist philosophy or pragmatist philosophy. However, we should pay attention to whether practice can test the truth, and this is a question that needs to be pondered.

Because we find that in the real Western philosophical system, we do not see such expressions. Spinoza and Hegel once had a formulation about the scale of truth, and he said that the measure of truth is truth itself. This sentence is equivalent to saying what is the truth?

Truth is truth. This is a tautology, this is a homophonic repetition, and the predicate gives nothing more than what the subject asks. So this should be an invalid.

But why do philosophers give such a homophonic and repeated formulation?

Because practice cannot test the truth.

Attention, we are now only dealing with the purely academic and philosophical aspects.

Think about it, can the truth be tested in practice?

Why did Spinoza and Hegel say that the measure of truth is truth itself? I'll take bats as an example, and you think that bats, as a species that is completely different from our human perception patterns, use the radar response of ultrasonic echoes to capture foreign objects and objects.

80% of the information of our human subjects comes from vision, that is, we create the appearance of the world by means of light. If we are in the same cave as the bat, just because we have different modes of perception, the appearance that the cave provides to the bat and us humans must not be the same. So can practice test who is right and who is wrong?

You must know that the model and appearance of the bat are very effective in practice, it can be in the state of high-speed flight of a mosquito, and the bat itself is also moving at high speed, and it actually accurately captures a small insect flying at high speed through radar-style ultrasonic echoes, and its accuracy is no less than that of us humans putting a missile to get down an airplane. Practical tests are truth if they work, then bats have truth. But the truth of bats is completely different from the picture of the world that we humans have, and the appearances and behaviors that we humans build up with our eyes are just as valid.

So who is the truth?

It can be seen that practice cannot test truth, or practice cannot test perception, because all practices and all activities are given on a perceptual platform. Unconscious seriousness on the perceptual platform, i.e. you will not be aware that your perception is real. If you don't reflect on it, then you won't realize that your senses are actually distorting the object.

Therefore, all our actions, all our practices, are carried out on the platform of unconscious and unreal perception.

Therefore, your practical behavior and your way of perceiving must be naturally compatible, so it is impossible for practice to test the truth. I think this logical bridge should be very clear.

Therefore, it is not effective to test the truth in practice.

When I woke up in the morning, I had a clear idea in my mind that "practice is the only criterion for testing truth." We certainly have no shortage of methods, techniques, theories, and ideas, which are like pearls that fill our bodies, minds, and are everywhere. And what can give us results and conclusions is practice.

Down-to-earth, persistent action and practice are the only conduits we can use to connect these messy, separated pieces. Determination is our original intention, the starting point, and the cornerstone that accompanies how far we can go and how long we can go.

So, my problem is not that I am missing something, but that there are too many distractions that keep me from focusing and not grasping the core. We don't need a lot of thoughts, we don't need a lot of skills and methods, what we lack is to insist on practice, what we lack is to take action, what we lack is to insist on continuous action, what we lack is determination, original intention, and motivation for action.

So, today focus, what I did, not what my thoughts were. What I'm doing today isn't what I've always wanted to do, is I'm doing what I want to do every day, being who I am.