Too often, discussions about truth, knowledge, ethics, and reality drift into ambiguity because assumptions remain unstated. This series makes those assumptions explicit. Each paper defines terms carefully, distinguishes competing views fairly, and clarifies what TST affirms and rejects. The aim is not to win arguments, but to reduce confusion, sharpen thought, and state the philosophy with academic precision.
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TST Positions
DEFINE: The formal articulation of TST’s philosophical architecture.
Fri 10 Apr 2026
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TST Positions
By Michael Alan Prestwood
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TST Metaphysics: The Split
TST Philosophy
TST begins with reality, gives reason an honored place, and asks speculation to know its limits. In that way, it follows a science-first thread through the fog of philosophy, not to erase the mystery, but to help us think more clearly while we live within it.
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TST Theory of Truth: Reality-First Correspondence
TST Philosophy
The TST Theory of Truth states that 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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TST Epistemic Justification: Rational Belief and Common Knowledge
TST Philosophy
In Theory of Justification, a belief is justified by assigning a truth category (empirical, rational, irrational), and an appropriate degree of confidence that aligns with reality through empirical contact, logical coherence, disciplined testing, and openness to revision. 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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TST Epistemic Calibration: Credence and Degrees of Belief
TST Philosophy
In TST Calibration Theory, a proposition is true or false relative to reality, but our confidence in it comes in degrees. That confidence should rise or fall with evidence, logic, and testing. If truth depends on alignment with reality, then human belief cannot be binary, because our access to reality is filtered and fallible.
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TST Philosophy of 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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TST Doxastic Formation: Public Belief, Tribe, and Worldview
Personal Belief
Live your life in a way that fully understands your own beliefs. Personal belief forms through public belief, tribal influence, and your own worldview. We do not begin as blank choosers, nor are we merely passive products of society. We are born into a family language, religion, and philosophy.