Anyone Who Values Truth Should Stop Worshiping Reason Jonathan Haidt (2013)
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Truth is the correspondence between a statement, belief, or proposition and objective reality, reflecting accuracy, sincerity, and factual validity.
Truth or verity is the property of being in accord with fact or reality. In everyday language, it is typically ascribed to things that aim to represent reality or otherwise correspond to it, such as beliefs, propositions, and declarative sentences.
True statements are usually held to be the opposite of false statements. The concept of truth is discussed and debated in various contexts, including philosophy, art, theology, law, and science. Most human activities depend upon the concept, where its nature as a concept is assumed rather than being a subject of discussion, including journalism and everyday life. Some philosophers view the concept of truth as basic, and unable to be explained in any terms that are more easily understood than the concept of truth itself. Most commonly, truth is viewed as the correspondence of language or thought to a mind-independent world. This is called the correspondence theory of truth.
Various theories and views of truth continue to be debated among scholars, philosophers, and theologians. There are many different questions about the nature of truth which are still the subject of contemporary debates. These include the question of defining truth; whether it is even possible to give an informative definition of truth; identifying things as truth-bearers capable of being true or false; if truth and falsehood are bivalent, or if there are other truth values; identifying the criteria of truth that allow us to identify it and to distinguish it from falsehood; the role that truth plays in constituting knowledge; and, if truth is always absolute or if it can be relative to one's perspective.
Credit: Wikipedia - truthAnyone who values truth should stop worshiping reason. | Jonathan Haidt Continue reading Anyone Who Values Truth Should Stop Worshiping Reason Jonathan Haidt (2013)
I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it. | Michel de Montaigne Continue reading Establishing the Truth Michel de Montaigne
Being truthful means honestly expressing how we perceive or feel about something, though it may not be true. Telling the truth means accurately defining or describing the way things are. | David Gurteen Continue reading Being Truthful Versus Telling the Truth David Gurteen
How your power silences truth | Megan Reitz Posts where this video is embedded Megan Reitz Facilitator, teacher, speaker, executive coach, researcher and author People: Megan ReitzMegan Reitz Facilitator, teacher, speaker, executive coach, researcher and author Books: Megan ReitzBeing Silenced and Silencing Others: Developing the Capacity to Speak Truth to Power Megan Reitz, John Higgins How … Continue reading How Your Power Silences Truth Megan Reitz
Few things are more dangerous than people who think they’re in possession of absolute truth. Credit: Peter Boghossian People: Peter BoghossianPeter Boghossian American philosopherPosts: Peter BoghossianImpossible Conversations Navigating conversations across ideological dividesBooks: Peter BoghossianHow to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide by Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay (2019)Impossible Conversations Peter Boghossian (2019)Impossible Conversations Navigating … Continue reading Perils of Absolute Certainty Peter Boghossian
Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates: At the first gate, ask yourself “Is it true?” At the second gate ask, “Is it necessary?” At the third gate ask, “Is it kind?” | Rumi Continue reading Before You Speak, Let Your Words Pass Through Three Gates A Sufi saying
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist. | Hannah Arendt Continue reading Loss of Distinction Hannah Arendt
video player Why do we believe things that aren’t true? | Philip Fernbach Transcript One Transcript starting at 2:10 to 3:38. (I’ve highlighted some of the text to draw attention to the more pertinent points.) As human beings, false belief is our birthright. It stems from fundamental principles that govern the way our minds work … Continue reading Why Do We Believe Things That Aren’t True? Philip Fernbach (2017)
By their openness, people dedicated to the truth live in the open, and through the exercise of their courage to live in the open, they become free from fear. | Scott Peck Continue reading People Dedicated to the Truth Live in the Open Scott Peck
No truth is without some mixture of error, and no error so false but that it possesses no element of truth. If a man is in too big a hurry to give up an error, he is liable to give up some truth with it, and in accepting the arguments of the other man he is sure to get some errors with it. Honest argument is merely a process of mutually picking … | Wilbur Wright Continue reading No Truth Is Without Some Mixture of Error by Wilbur Wright
There are, in fact, four very significant stumbling blocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man however learned, and scarcely allow anyone to win a clear title to wisdom, namely, the example of weak and unworthy authority, longstanding custom, the feeling of the ignorant crowd, and the hiding of our own ignorance while making a … | Roger Bacon Continue reading The Four Stumbling Blocks to Truth Roger Bacon
We each view reality from our own unique perspective, only a community of minds can show us the truth. Credit: Timothy Wilken Books: Timothy WilkenOnly a Community of Minds Can Show Us the Truth Timothy WilkenQuotations: Timothy WilkenOnly a Community of Minds Can Show Us the Truth Timothy WilkenTags: community (47) | mind (36) | … Continue reading Only a Community of Minds Can Show Us the Truth Timothy Wilken
Perhaps the essence of the Liberal outlook could be summed up in a new decalogue, not intended to replace the old one but only to supplement it. The Ten Commandments that, as a teacher, I should wish to promulgate, might be set forth as follows: Do not feel absolutely certain of anything. Do not think it worthwhile to produce belief by concealing … | Bertrand Russell Continue reading Bertrand Russell’s Ten Commandments for Critical Thinking Bertrand Russell
There is beauty in truth, even if it’s painful. Those who lie, twist life so that it looks tasty to the lazy, brilliant to the ignorant, and powerful to the weak. But lies only strengthen our defects. They don’t teach anything, help anything, fix anything or cure anything. Nor do they develop one’s character, one’s mind, one’s heart or one’s soul. | José N. Harris Continue reading There Is Beauty in Truth, Even If It’s Painful José Harris
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How Could We Be Wrong? Conclusion: Two Pillars of Truth Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close The pursuit of truth is a fundamental human endeavor. However, arriving at the truth can be challenging, as our beliefs and … Continue reading The Two Pillars of Truth How the scientific method and Socratic elenchus underpin civilization
The Two Pillars of Truth Introduction: Two Pillars of Truth Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close We need to recognize that the pursuit of truth and the application of rigorous critical thinking are not just intellectual exercises … Continue reading Conclusion: Two Pillars of Truth Critical thinking – a civic duty
Belief systems shape our understanding of reality. They are interconnected networks of ideas, not always accurate representations of truth. Examining and evolving our beliefs, while challenging, is crucial for personal growth and social progress. Continue reading Belief Systems Our beliefs are not isolated pieces of data that we can take and discard at will
What Are Morals? The Argumentative Theory of Human Reason Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Knowledge … Knowledge Our mind contains beliefs. We don’t know how these beliefs are stored, but it does not matter for my … Continue reading Knowledge and Information ** Knowledge and information are different substances
Construct steel arguments: We often use a straw argument to win a disagreement when we should use a steel one. Continue reading Construct Steel Arguments Not Straw Ones We need to learn to argue more effectively to get at the truth
The Mind Is a Fire to Be Kindled The Fourth Industrial Revolution Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Do we listen, to confirm what we already think or do we listen in order to reply? Or do … Continue reading Learn to Listen and to Tell the Truth Do we listen, to confirm what we already think or do we listen in order to reply?
Show Respect Listen to Ignite Thinking Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Tell the truth: Everyone lies. Some big lies, some small lies. Most of the time, individual lies do not matter; they are small and inconsequential. … Continue reading Tell the Truth Lies distort the world