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“We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe.”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
- 1858
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. reminded us that we are not forged in a vacuum. We are born into a family with a family view, and into a society with a societal view. Long before we can choose our own beliefs, we inherit them. Our traditions, our education, and our early experiences shape how the world first makes sense to us. In this very real way, we are products of our upbringing.
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Humility begins when we recognize two things at once: we never access reality without interpretation, and not all interpretations are equal. The discipline is not to abandon frameworks, but to sort them carefully — testing which are anchored, which are structured, and which drift untethered.
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Structured Empirical Realism
Directly engaged with reality, disciplined by structure
TST Philosophy affirms that a mind-independent material world exists and that we encounter it directly through perception and action. Yet our explanations of that world are shaped by models, symbolic systems, and broader worldviews that organize experience into coherent structure. Reality constrains both our interpretations and our outcomes, even as our descriptions remain partial and revisable. Knowledge grows not by escaping mediation, but by refining our frameworks — aligning intent, model, and result ever more closely with the world itself.
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Philosophy: The Existence and Essence Debate
In religion and philosophy, the existence and essence debate asks if you exist before your time on Earth.
Philosophy: The Existence and Essence Debate
In religion and philosophy, the existence and essence debate asks if you exist before your time on Earth.
Pragmatism and Pythagoras
Pythagoras exemplifies rational pragmatism, balancing empirical insights with mystical beliefs. He reminds us that even flawed ideas can spark progress.
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Pragmatism and Pythagoras
Pythagoras exemplifies rational pragmatism, balancing empirical insights with mystical beliefs. He reminds us that even flawed ideas can spark progress.
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The Three Truth Hammers: Science, Journalism, and Law
Truth Hammers structure truth-seeking processes but are not sources of unquestionable authority. They earn their reliability through evidence, procedure, and peer review, not status or ...
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Book-30 Philosophers
The Idea of Ideas
A new look at epistemology. First published in "30 Philosophers."
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Philosophy: The Existence and Essence Debate
Existence
In religion and philosophy, the existence and essence debate asks if you exist before your time on Earth.
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Philosophy: Dualism and Nondualism
Metaphysics
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Wed 29 Mar 2023
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