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EpistemologyIdea of IdeasThink well.

TST History: Empirical Narrative Realism

Historical tales are empirical ideas. We believe these evidence-based reconstructions of real past events with varying degrees of confidence. We can prove or disprove their related empirical implications.
EpistemologyLive well.

TST Calibration Theory: Degrees of Confidence

TST Calibration Theory asks: How strong should our confidence be? Answer: Confidence is the quality of alignment to reality.
EpistemologyIdea EvaluationLive well.

TST Theory of Truth

TST Theory of Truth asks: What makes an idea true? Truth is successful alignment between our representations and a determinate, mind-independent reality.
Idea of IdeasMetaphysicsThink well.

TST Metaphysical Position: The Split

The split separates our ideas and the material world. Rational ideas must be internally coherent, but only empirical contact with reality justifies belief.
EpistemologyLive well.Think well.

TST Theory of Justification: What to Believe

TST Theory of Justification asks: How do we responsibly classify an idea and hold it? A belief is justified by assigning a truth category and a degree of confidence.
Group Ethics

1 Goal: Flourish (TST Ethics)

TST Ethics applies fairness as the structural regulator of flourishing across individuals, institutions, and generations.
Philosophy

Compare: TST and Its Neighbors

TST Philosophy is a layered framework uniting truth, virtue, and critical thinking toward sustainable human flourishing.
Live well.

TST 5-Step Overview

Flourishing requires disciplined alignment between our evolving models and the material world they seek to describe.
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Epistemology
TST History: Empirical Narrative Realism

Historical tales are empirical ideas. We believe these evidence-based reconstructions of real past events with varying degrees of confidence. We can prove or disprove their related empirical implications.

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Researching Evolutionary Traits: The Occam Approach

When researching evolutionary traits across species and phyla, the best starting point is usually the simplest explanation that fits the evidence—an approach known as parsimony, or more broadly, Occam’s Razor.

TST Theory of Truth

TST Theory of Truth asks: What makes an idea true? Truth is successful alignment between our representations and a determinate, mind-independent reality.

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Historical tales are empirical ideas. We believe these evidence-based reconstructions of real past events with varying degrees of confidence. We can prove or disprove their related empirical implications.
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TST Calibration Theory asks: How strong should our confidence be? Answer: Confidence is the quality of alignment to reality.
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TST Theory of Truth asks: What makes an idea true? Truth is successful alignment between our representations and a determinate, mind-independent reality.
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The split separates our ideas and the material world. Rational ideas must be internally coherent, but only empirical contact with reality justifies belief.
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TST Theory of Justification asks: How do we responsibly classify an idea and hold it? A belief is justified by assigning a truth category and a degree of confidence.
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TST Ethics applies fairness as the structural regulator of flourishing across individuals, institutions, and generations.
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TST Philosophy is a layered framework uniting truth, virtue, and critical thinking toward sustainable human flourishing.
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Flourishing requires disciplined alignment between our evolving models and the material world they seek to describe.
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The Idea Theory Framework within the Idea of Ideas is a promotion ladder for ideas to move from speculation to hypothesis, theory, and law.
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Recent protests reflect the timeless struggle to limit power and oppression using checks and balances.
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