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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. To live in harmony with nature, embrace the idea that our rational ideas must be internally coherent, but only empirical contact with reality justifies belief.
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