The “correspondence theory says that a proposition is true when it agrees with or corresponds to a fact” (Velasquez 434). This theory is oftentimes referred to “as the most popular theory of truth.” With it being one of the most popular theories, it also adds that there is a world whose existence does not rely on anyone’s thoughts or beliefs. This world exists whether one believes it. The world contains facts and when facts are tied to a proposition that is true, one can believe it to be real. This is the way many people think about the world, if one can prove existence with facts, the theory claims that it must be real. Aristotle simplified the correspondence theory to “say what is that it is, and of what is not that it is not, is true” (Velasquez 434). Aristotle’s statement confused me at first but, I kept reading and realized he meant that if a statement corresponds with the facts of reality, then it is true.