Yeah, I don't know about all that tim. Here's my go to test regarding definitions... If a term is defined, one ought be able to take the definition an...
Greetings Erik! I'll grant that the aforementioned actions took place. It doesn't follow from the fact that there have been dishonest actors influenci...
So, I'm a bit late I suppose, but I just heard the bit regarding the Boy Scout speech and the purported phone call afterwards... It's a context... not...
You were seeking a meaningful distinction that - I presume - would warrant sensibly calling the world "post" truth. I'm satisfying that on short order...
How else does one lie, if not under the guise of truth? Oh... Blatantly, knowingly, and unabashedly... Proudly even... this has become acceptable... Y...
I wouldn't call people thinking/believing that they really have no choice in the matter being "more honest".... Those things I mentioned earlier used ...
A much larger portion of the human population used to want to 'know the truth'. Intuitively, the reason why is obvious. Now, many would rather not kno...
I find it interesting when folk praise and condemn "X" for being "X". The appraisals have the power of confirmation bias on their side, as do the cond...
It used to be the case that the evidence currently at hand would be more than sufficient to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that one Paul Manafort ...
When one enters into a philosophical debate, s/he volunteers to justify and/or ground any assertions made. Refusing to answer pertinent questions is g...
In order to know what one is talking about when discussing what reporting is true and what reporting is not the participant must first know what sorts...
For those who wonder about the aforementioned preservation, I want only to bring your attention to how the Russian investigation progressed. Initially...
Nice follow-up! Cheers. In certain forms of government, the citizens vote based upon what they think/believe to be the case. It is imperative that pub...
There's a bit of deliciousness hereabouts... A hallmark of the post truth world, as has been noted ad nauseum, is to distract attention away from impo...
Alright tim. In the spirit of clarity. I've seen you arguing for an equivalency between truth and reality. That is why the bit about truth being a qua...
If enough people say "X" enough, some people will start believing "X". Now, if "X" is false, and can be shown as such, what kind of mindset would it t...
Here's something interesting... The truth conditions of a statement of thought/belief do not include the speaker's belief, but the existential conditi...
The burden of proof for accusing another of lying isn't determined by me. I'm just wondering if you know what it is? Again, a simple yes or no questio...
Fearful to commit? It's a simple yes or no question. I'm asking you what you think/believe. That's part of having a conversation... and an integral on...
Ok. There's another way to get at the point... Is it reasonable to expect someone to assert only true statements, given that it is unreasonable to req...
No argument in general here, but... I find no value in naming levels although I may... What does talking about the "ethical" and the "strict real/meta...
There's another aspect to consider here... It has not always been the case that publicly elected officials say things that are known to be false, desp...
I sit here laughing... There seems to be little disagreement about what the problems are. The disagreement, mostly anyway, is about what to call the w...
I take it that you're not interested in continuing this conversation? There are 3 major schools of thought regarding truth. There are countless ways t...
I'm unsure if you've made an error at all tim. I want to say here that I have no problem with granting another's conceptual(linguistic) framework and ...
The American government is a republic with democratic traditions. Read:The Noble Lie. Trust in elected officials is imperative to the success of such ...
Yeah, I dunno... Talk about properties and qualities and comparing the two... Reeks of yet another false and/or utterly inadequate dichotomy. I'll acc...
I understood. If truth is a quality of reality, then reality cannot be truth. Otherwise it results in reality being a quality of itself. I'm just tryi...
Something seems amiss... "Truth" is a term that names a quality of reality. Truth is a quality of reality(that reality has). I was ok to that point, b...
To those who've been skirting around this... Politician's have a reputation for being dishonest. Nothing new here... I agree. If most folk had the rig...
You very well may be right Michael... That is a more charitable reading. Indeed. To that, I would've responded differently... How can one care about t...
A quick glance at the historical records shows that truth and the role that it plays in everything ever thought/believed, spoken, and/or written has b...
Saying that this... The post truth world is - on my view - a consequence of very few folk knowing what sorts of things can be true and what makes them...
By the way, Mongrel... Yup. I really do believe that if more folk knew the central role that truth plays in their own thought/belief system, they woul...
I do not think the following... ...is applicable to my position. I mean, it just doesn't make much sense to me. On my view, it would be translated lik...
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