“The door is open” states a judgment. It corresponds to reality if the door is in fact open; it fails to correspond if the door is closed.
Correspondence concerns whether the asserted state of affairs obtains, not merely how certain the speaker feels.
Confidence and truth must be distinguished. A confident speaker can be mistaken, while a hesitant speaker can state something accurate.
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Realities Are Established: Truth, Correspondence and Essence
“The door is open” states a judgment. It corresponds to reality if the door is in fact open; it fails to correspond if the door is closed.
Correspondence concerns whether the asserted state of affairs obtains, not merely how certain the speaker feels.
Confidence and truth must be distinguished. A confident speaker can be mistaken, while a hesitant speaker can state something accurate.