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RATIONAL TRUTH SEEKERS ONLY

RATIONAL TRUTH SEEKERS ONLY. www.sanityquestpublishing.com. OBJECTIVE TRUTH. Objective truth Subjective truth? Objective opinion? Subjective opinion? Objective reality? Subjective reality?. Objective: mind independent Subjective: mind dependent. Objective vs. Subjective what ?.

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RATIONAL TRUTH SEEKERS ONLY

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  1. RATIONALTRUTH SEEKERSONLY www.sanityquestpublishing.com

  2. OBJECTIVE TRUTH • Objective truth • Subjective truth? • Objective opinion? • Subjective opinion? • Objective reality? • Subjective reality?

  3. Objective: mind independent Subjective: mind dependent

  4. Objective vs. Subjectivewhat ? Truth ? Reality ? Facts ? Knowledge ? Information ? Statements ? Terms ?

  5. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

  6. Operating System starting point

  7. Starting point possibilities • Existence • of self • of the universe • of God • Assumption • Undeniability • Pragmatic necessity

  8. I know I know nothing.

  9. RATIONAL COPOUTS • pretending to know what you don’t know • pretending not to know what you know • deliberately misjudging probability • holding inconsistent premises

  10. EMOTION Emotion is 1. the reason for reason 2. the biggest opponent of reason

  11. EMOTION Get now ! Liberate ! stupid child REASON Watch budget . Restrict . smart guardian

  12. Best possibleoperating system Subjective ?

  13. Truth SeekerOperating System • fewest rational copouts • allows knowledge of the knowable • disallows false knowledge

  14. Comfort SeekerOperating System • gratifies emotion • includes faith to cover post-mortem possibilities

  15. Comfort vs. Truth Seekers

  16. Best possibleoperating system Subjective ?

  17. Best possibleoperating system that which gives the greatest ratio of happiness over unhappiness for duration of existence

  18. Now I’m selling it. TRUTH SEEKER OPERATING SYSTEM

  19. OPINION ! Truth seeking is the most sensible thing a sentient being can do.

  20. Operationally necessary I know. I think. I perceive. I emote (have emotions). Logic is reliable. Truth seeker assumptions

  21. Hard wired I know. I think. I perceive. I emote. Operationally necessary assumptions Programmed Logic is reliable.

  22. Logic serves premises.

  23. Primarysources of premises • Emotion • Observation

  24. Sources of premises • Emotion • Observation • Reason • Authority

  25. Authority has 2 prongs. • Coercive • Informative

  26. Observation vs. Authority

  27. Operationally necessary assumptionwithout sufficient data Bet.

  28. Operationallyunnecessary assumption Maybe later.

  29. Epistemology:the study of knowledge, and how things are known • objective: rules governing how things are known • subjective: a person's chosen rules Ontology:the study of being, and what things are

  30. Observation vs. Authority again

  31. Observation horizon

  32. Don’t mess with infinity,untilyouhaveto.

  33. Reason • observation • authority • emotion

  34. Reason • Logic • Probability judgment

  35. Logic Everything that is universally true of the relationships of variables. Exists epistemologically in laws. Exists ontologically in extension.

  36. Laws of thought • Law of identity • Law of non-contradiction • Law of excluded middle

  37. 3 terms used in logicmajor, middle, minor Major premise: Minor premise: Conclusion: major term middle term = = = middle term minor term major term minor term

  38. Probability • Probability • (arithmetical) • Probability judgment • (arithmetical or not)

  39. My car will probably start. • age of battery • amount of driving time on battery • number of previous start ups • how long since last charge • amount of last charge • maintenance of battery • age of starter • etc. etc.

  40. There are no rules governing non-mathematical probability judgment.

  41. Probability judgment • More choice = less accurate. • influenced by emotion • Less choice = more accurate. • influenced by observation & reason

  42. logic probability judgmentpattern recognition

  43. Truth seeker operating system • Determine operationally necessary assumptions. • Choose premises unemotionally. • Accumulate observed data. • Learn logic. • Learn critical thinking.

  44. Critical thinking • Disambiguation • Terms • Statements

  45. Ambiguous terms The prices are on the books. The books are on the table. The prices are on the table.

  46. A = B. • All A = B. Kings are men. • Some A = B. Greeks are men. • This A = B. Socrates is a man. • All A generally = B. Kings are pragmatic. • Some A generally = B. Greeks are democratic. • This A generally = B.Socrates is rational.

  47. Nothing is ambiguous.

  48. Does A = B ? • Define A. • Define B. Question answered.

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