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Reality
Jonathan Rauch and the reality based community and constitution of knowledge
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is reality? | That which is reliable and intractable and cannot be wished away |
| Define epistemically | In a way that relates to knowledge or the study of knowledge |
| What makes something a truth? | If it has been subject to academic scrutiny, and can be validated by whoever tries. No proposition is absolute. |
| How do humans create knowledge? | By validating propositions through other existing pieces of knowledge |
| What is the reality based network? | A means of knowledge storage that is based in reality |
| Define objective reality | The totality of propositions that makes up our society |
| Can humans control the reality based network? | No. We can influence what knowledge exists in it, but we cannot determine what is absolute truth |
| Why is the reality based community the only one that can validate propositions? | Because there is a standardized process for which propositions are validated by - the process is objective, which makes the validated propositions as close to objective truth as possible |
| Define the fallibilist rule | You may claim that a statement is established as knowledge only if it can be debunked, in principle, and insofar as it withstands attempts to debunk it |
| Define the empirical rule | No one has personal authority over validating a claim - knowledge will be true regardless of who possesses it |
| How can knowledge be true under the empirical rule? | If the method used to check the knowledge gives the same result regardless of the identity of the checker, and regardless of the source of the statement |
| Define contestable | Subject to systematic, organized comparison and criticism from diverse points of view |
| What does the empirical rule force us as pursuers of the truth to do? | It forces us into the same conversation - regardless of how different or views are, we have to agree to discuss what is in principle only one reality |
| Define the market place of persuasion | The space within a reality-based community in which propositions are presented and bartered for recognition |
| What are non-reality based ways to convince someone to accept your ideas as truth? | Dogma, intimidation, blackmail, editorializing, noble cause distortion |
| What are reality based ways to convince someone to accept your ideas as truth? | Presenting the facts in a logical and cohesive manor |
| Why is this method the most effective and objective? | Because it forces you to constantly check your own fallibility and specify your position in order to make it more convincing |
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