TRUTH

[A58/B83] Kant writes: "What is truth? The nominal definition of truth, that it is the agreement of knowledge with its object, is assumed as granted; the question asked is as to what is the general and sure criterion of the truth of any and every knowledge". Kant denies that there can be any such general criterion, because "such a criterion being general cannot take account of the varying content of knowledge (relation to its specific object)....A sufficient and at the same time general [i.e., necessary] criterion of truth cannot possibly be given".