We propose a testable framework for validating claims about reality: V = L ∧ C ∧ R, Where operational truth requires Logic (internal coherence AND comprehensibility), Coherence (self-consistency AND consistency with established knowledge), and Reality Correspondence (observable phenomena OR measurable effects OR traceable patterns). We demonstrate that (1) all three components are necessary (proof by counterexample), (2) the framework is falsifiable through three independent methods, and (3) the structure provides built-in self-correction when new evidence emerges. Empirical validation comes from convergence across independent methods: mathematics developed by isolated cultures converges on identical results; multiple radiometric dating techniques converge on Earth's age (4.54 billion years); independent methods converge on DNA's double-helix structure. We show that this framework explains why the scientific method works universally and provides a testable alternative to epistemic relativism. The framework yields operational truths—provisionally validated models subject to revision—rather than absolute truths, integrating Popperian falsifiability structurally.
Faruk Pedro Salvador (Sun,) studied this question.