Difference between revisions of "Truth"

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The word [[truth]] has at least the following widely-recognized meanings:
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The word [[truth]] has [[issuepedia:truth|multiple meanings]]. In the context of InstaGov, we will primarily be using it in the sense of '''[[issuepedia:truth/evidenced|evidenced]]''' truth.
# '''objective truth''': a thing we will never know precisely but can only approach asymptotically as we better understand the mechanisms by which it operates
 
# '''most-likely truth''': that which is best supported by the currently-available evidence
 
# '''believed truth''': that for which there is a consensus belief within some group
 
# '''received truth''': that which is held to be true because it has been received from an appropriate {{l/ip|authority}}
 
==Our Usage==
 
By default, InstaGov uses "truth" in first and second senses – either objective truth or our current best approximation to it.
 
  
The [[debate mapper]] is intended as a tool to help with refining the '''most-likely truth''' from the raw ore of random information and disinformation.
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The [[debate mapper]] is intended as a tool to help with refining the [[issuepedia:truth/evidenced|evidenced]] (most-likely) truth from the raw ore of random information and disinformation.
==Reference==
 
* {{issuepedia}}
 

Latest revision as of 22:44, 4 January 2020

The word truth has multiple meanings. In the context of InstaGov, we will primarily be using it in the sense of evidenced truth.

The debate mapper is intended as a tool to help with refining the evidenced (most-likely) truth from the raw ore of random information and disinformation.