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| − | *Truth has been the subject of [[Epistemology]] and philosophers for thousands of years. | + | * Truth has been the subject of [[Epistemology]] and philosophers for thousands of years. |
| − | *The original Western Philosophical traditions starting with Thales looked for [[Truth]] from the natural philosophy of reality. | + | * 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. | + | * By the time of Plato, the search for truth had turned into the anthropomorphic search for human [[Knowledge]]. A very different subject. |
| + | * Christopher Hitchens' maxim: "What is asserted without a proof, can be dismissed without a proof." | ||
==Problem== | ==Problem== | ||
Revision as of 11:48, 1 January 2022
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Context
- Truth has been the subject of 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.
- Christopher Hitchens' maxim: "What is asserted without a proof, can be dismissed without a proof."
Problem
- Tim Rice captured the heart of the problem in Jesus Christ Superstar:
[JESUS] I look for truth, and find that I get damned [PILATE] But what is truth? Is truth unchanging law? We both have truths - are mine the same as yours?
- The challenges of human efforts at discovering truth are summarized on the page General_Theory_of_Living_Systems#Problems.
- 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?"[1] It seems that we are moving to a point of zero trust where people just believe what they have been conditioned to accept.
Solution
- Go back to the original Greek philosophers and seek Information that is in concert with reality irrespective of any human endeavor.
- 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 where used to build Assurance.
References
- ↑ Joshua Rothman, Afterimage (2018-11-12) New Yorker p. 34ff
