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title: 'Criteria of the Various Kinds of Truth'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'James McCosh'
date: 1880-11-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Epistemology'
- 'Apologetical Method'
- 'Theological Method'
scriptures:
- 'John 18'
- 'Jude 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mccosh-1880-criteria-of-the-various-kinds-of-truth
---

# Criteria of the Various Kinds of Truth

An 1880 Princeton Review essay on criteria for truth: self-evidence, necessity, and universality. It examines skepticism and agnosticism and outlines tests to classify first truths.

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