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TST Positions

The formal articulation of TST’s philosophical architecture.
By Michael Alan Prestwood

Author and Natural Philosopher

Mon 2 Mar 2026
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TST Positions

By Michael Alan Prestwood

Clear thinking requires clear positions.

TST Positions exists to state clearly where this framework stands on foundational questions. Too often, discussions about truth, knowledge, ethics, and reality drift into ambiguity because assumptions remain unstated. This series makes those assumptions explicit. Each position is an attempt to define terms carefully, distinguish competing theories fairly, and clarify what TST affirms and rejects — not to win arguments, but to reduce confusion and sharpen thought.

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Philosophy
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TST Metaphysical Position: The Split
TST Philosophy
The split separates the material world from ideas. Empirical ideas describe a part of reality directly, rational ideas describe it indirectly, and irrational ideas do not neither. A belief can be perfectly rational in structure and still fail when tested against the world. Rational coherence is necessary for justified belief, but empirical grounding is what elevates an idea from internally consistent to genuinely true.
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Philosophy
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TST Theory of Truth
TST Philosophy
Reality is not negotiable. Our descriptions are. Truth happens when a proposition aligns with how things actually are — not when it feels coherent, useful, or widely accepted. Coherence constrains thinking. Pragmatism tests survival. But correspondence anchors everything. We aim at the world; we do not create it.
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Philosophy
Article
TST Theory of Justification: What to Believe
TST Philosophy
Justification is not possession of truth. It is process. We begin with a world that exists independent of us. We observe it. We reason about it. We test our conclusions. And we revise when necessary. Confidence grows with evidence — but certainty belongs to nature, not to us.
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Philosophy
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TST Calibration Theory: Degrees of Confidence
TST Philosophy
Propositions are true or false relative to reality. Our access to reality is filtered through evidence and reasoning. Because our representations are fallible, confidence must come in degrees. Calibration is not psychological hedging — it is the structural discipline realism requires.
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Critical Thinking
Article
TST History: Empirical Narrative Realism
Idea of Ideas
History is neither myth nor omniscient certainty. The past exists independently of us, but our accounts of it are structured reconstructions constrained by evidence. TST’s Empirical Narrative Realism affirms objective events, calibrated confidence, and ongoing revision — preserving both realism and humility in how we tell human stories.
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