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TST Doxastic Formation: Public Belief, Tribe, and Worldview
This is your life. Embrace the beliefs you understand and believe in, not just the beliefs you inherited.
Rational Ideas: The Subtypes
When you encounter a rational idea, first ask whether it is single-layered or multi-layered. Is it one step, or more than one step, away from ...
Irrational Ideas: The Subtypes
When you encounter an irrational idea, first ask whether it is speculative or disproven.
Education: On Testing in Schools
Anonymous practice tests help teachers spot knowledge gaps and teach more effectively.
TST Philosophy of 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 ...
TST Epistemic Calibration: Credence and Degrees of Belief
TST Calibration Theory asks: How strong should our confidence be? Answer: Confidence is the quality of alignment to reality.
TST Theory of Truth: Reality-First Correspondence
TST Theory of Truth asks: What makes an idea true? Truth is successful alignment between our representations and a determinate, mind-independent reality.
TST Metaphysics: The Split
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 ...
TST Epistemic Justification: Rational Belief and Common Knowledge
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 ...
1 Goal: Flourish (TST Ethics)
TST Ethics applies fairness as the structural regulator of flourishing across individuals, institutions, and generations.
Compare: TST and Its Neighbors
TST Philosophy is a layered framework uniting truth, virtue, and critical thinking toward sustainable human flourishing.
TST 5-Step Overview
Flourishing requires disciplined alignment between our evolving models and the material world they seek to describe.
Idea Theory Framework
The Idea Theory Framework within the Idea of Ideas is a promotion ladder for ideas to move from speculation to hypothesis, theory, and law.
No Kings Has Deep Historical Roots
Recent protests reflect the timeless struggle to limit power and oppression using checks and balances.
The Double‐slit Experiment Explored
Reality may not be particles afterall. It may be more like waves, vibrations, or strings.
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 and reminds us that authority is often topic specific. Choose your authorities carefully, because good authority is usually limited to a ...
The Fermi Paradox is Too Anthropocentric
The Fermi Paradox is the common framework for thinking about the odds of alien life, but we need more data before it can become accurate ...
Fear-based Ethical Systems: Karma and God’s Wrath
Ethical systems that focus on fear of consequences, as in a god's wrath, are rudderless. A shift toward teaching right and wrong can fix it.
Women’s Rights History in 3 Minutes!
History shows that when rights are left to the states, they’re often lost, limited, or delayed. Check out the story of women's rights from gaining ...