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-* Truth has been the subject of [[Epistemology]] and philosophers for thousands of years.
+* Truth has been the subject of [[Evolutionary Epistemology|Epistemology]] and philosophers for thousands of years.
 * The original Western Philosophical traditions starting with Thales looked for [[Truth]] from the natural philosophy of reality.
 * By the time of Plato, the search for truth had turned into the anthropomorphic search for human [[Knowledge]]. A very different subject.

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 * Philosophers, like Chomsky, universally depend on the rational man in open debate. An ideal form that doesn't seem to exist in the real world of ideas.
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-An explanation drawn from Chomsky’s own writings shows that he maintains that truth must emerge from a process of active, informed scrutiny rather than being dictated by the uncritical aggregation of popular opinion (i.e., “mob rule”):
+An explanation drawn from Chomsky’s own writings<ref>Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky, ''Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media'' (1988)</ref> shows that he maintains that truth must emerge from a process of active, informed scrutiny rather than being dictated by the uncritical aggregation of popular opinion (i.e., “mob rule”):
 Critique of Manufactured Consent: In Manufacturing Consent (co-written with Edward Herman), Chomsky explains that mass media—and by extension, public discourse—are structured by powerful interests. According to Chomsky, the “consensus” that appears to be arising from the public is not the product of a free and open search for truth but rather the outcome of filtering information through elite-determined frameworks. This means that when people simply follow the dominant narrative without its critical examination, they aren’t uncovering truth so much as accepting a prepackaged version of reality engineered by those with power.
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 In sum, the basis for the assertion is found throughout Chomsky’s work: he consistently argues that a genuine search for truth requires independent thought and critical analysis rather than unreflective acceptance of prevailing viewpoints. His critiques of the media and political power illustrate his belief that what appears to be consensus—if unchallenged—can simply be a manufactured reality that suppresses dissent and genuine inquiry.
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 * Philosophers, like Chomsky, universally depend on the rational man in open debate. An ideal form that doesn't seem to exist in the real world of ideas.
 ===Chomsky===
-an explanation drawing on Chomsky’s own writings and analyses by scholars that show why he maintains that truth must emerge from a process of active, informed scrutiny rather than being dictated by the uncritical aggregation of popular opinion (i.e., “mob rule”):
+An explanation drawn from Chomsky’s own writings shows that he maintains that truth must emerge from a process of active, informed scrutiny rather than being dictated by the uncritical aggregation of popular opinion (i.e., “mob rule”):
 Critique of Manufactured Consent: In Manufacturing Consent (co-written with Edward Herman), Chomsky explains that mass media—and by extension, public discourse—are structured by powerful interests. According to Chomsky, the “consensus” that appears to be arising from the public is not the product of a free and open search for truth but rather the outcome of filtering information through elite-determined frameworks. This means that when people simply follow the dominant narrative without its critical examination, they aren’t uncovering truth so much as accepting a prepackaged version of reality engineered by those with power.

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 *Human [[Knowledge]] or understanding is a poor measure of truth values.
 *There was a time when we would believe that photographs or videos were factual, but "now that everything can be faked, how will we know what's real?"<ref>Joshua Rothman, Afterimage (2018-11-12) New Yorker p. 34ff</ref> It seems that we are moving to a point of zero trust where people [[Apophenia|just believe what they have been conditioned to accept.]]
-* Philosophers, like Chomsky, universally depend on the rational man in open debate. An idea form that doesn't seem to exist in the real world of ideas.
+* Philosophers, like Chomsky, universally depend on the rational man in open debate. An ideal form that doesn't seem to exist in the real world of ideas.
 ===Chomsky===
 an explanation drawing on Chomsky’s own writings and analyses by scholars that show why he maintains that truth must emerge from a process of active, informed scrutiny rather than being dictated by the uncritical aggregation of popular opinion (i.e., “mob rule”):

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 *Human [[Knowledge]] or understanding is a poor measure of truth values.
 *There was a time when we would believe that photographs or videos were factual, but "now that everything can be faked, how will we know what's real?"<ref>Joshua Rothman, Afterimage (2018-11-12) New Yorker p. 34ff</ref> It seems that we are moving to a point of zero trust where people [[Apophenia|just believe what they have been conditioned to accept.]]
+* Philosophers, like Chomsky, universally depend on the rational man in open debate. An idea form that doesn't seem to exist in the real world of ideas.
 ===Chomsky===
 an explanation drawing on Chomsky’s own writings and analyses by scholars that show why he maintains that truth must emerge from a process of active, informed scrutiny rather than being dictated by the uncritical aggregation of popular opinion (i.e., “mob rule”):

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 For all is but a woven web of guesses
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-Despite that gloomy outlook Philosophers have been seeing a '''Foundation''' on which to build a edifice of human knowledege.<ref>Keith Parsons, ''It started with Copernicus''  p309 ISBN 9781616149291</ref>
+Despite that gloomy outlook Philosophers have been seeing a '''Foundation''' on which to build a edifice of human knowledege.<ref>Keith Parsons, ''It started with Copernicus''  p309 ISBN 9781616149291</ref><ref>Alasdair McIntyre, ''After Virtue''</ref>
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 # Focus on [[Information]] and not on human [[knowledge]].
 # For [[Identity Proofing]] the best source of [[Truth]] is reporting [[Information]] on an [[Audit]] of the processes that were used to build [[Assurance]].
-According to Xenophanes<ref>Xenophanes, translation by Karl Popper, Sir ''The World of Parmenides'', B34. ISBN 978-0415518796</ref>
+According to Xenophanes<ref>Xenophanes, translation by Karl Popper, ''The World of Parmenides'', B34. ISBN 978-0415518796</ref>
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 But as for certain truth, no man has known it,