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pective:</p><div id="265f" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-truth-units-manifesto-part-1-a4e8c746b306"> <div> <div> <h2>A Truth Units Manifesto: Part 1</h2> <div><h3>In 7 postulates, versus 95 theses</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*eXJFFoDeCJRAIL43EPz5Dw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="0e3e">How you can actually make practical use of truth units in everyday life:</p><div id="7e18" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-truth-units-manifesto-part-2-3f9012874e89"> <div> <div> <h2>A Truth Units Manifesto: Part 2</h2> <div><h3>A guide to practical applications in everyday life</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*__x1xPr5io6CnOTxCyEASQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="61d3">The metaphysical side — the truth units answer to “what is reality?”:</p><div id="0434" class="link-block"> <a href="https://alexbennett-ap.medium.com/havent-figured-it-out-yet-719626ce3612"> <div> <div> <h2>Truth Units: a Simple Picture of Unfathomable Reality</h2> <div><h3>“It’s better than where we used to live”</h3></div> <div><p>alexbennett-ap.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*R9nrtnsVD9j5W2EGy4KF0w.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="1e65">The practical side — how our judgments, of right and wrong, true and false, can stand up to differing perspectives:</p><div id="91ed" class="link-block"> <a href="https://alexbennett-ap.medium.com/truth-units-vs-relativism-bd69e18045ec"> <div> <div> <h2>Truth Units vs. Relativism</h2> <div><h3>Does everyone ultimately have their own truth?</h3></div> <div><p>alexbennett-ap.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*0y_qFiRRHdPMZnG6srWIsw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="6f5e">A sidebar on how truth units are “represented” in 3D space, vs the 2D space of conventional truth:</p><div id="5fe0" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/two-of-our-revealing-metaphors-about-truth-144731bd93d5"> <div> <div> <h2>Two of Our Revealing Metaphors About Truth</h2> <div><h3>They are in opposition. We struggle without resolving the

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m.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*6B35JKUPlsjzVs_Psjec8g.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="2d1a">A response to an academic critique:</p><div id="d5c8" class="link-block"> <a href="https://alexbennett-ap.medium.com/response-for-benjamin-cain-3b46b2556435"> <div> <div> <h2>Response for Benjamin Cain on truth units</h2> <div><h3>Here is an abridged version of the questions you raised. Hopefully, this version is relatively true to the issues you…</h3></div> <div><p>alexbennett-ap.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*MoRI8tEq-XzmvsBxnqtbAQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="6f0e">All the reading I’ve done over the past 20 years in philosophy, psychology and science to get to truth units:</p><div id="b123" class="link-block"> <a href="https://alexbennett-ap.medium.com/20-years-of-schoolin-and-they-put-you-on-the-day-shift-bc5e4b815e81"> <div> <div> <h2>“20 years of schoolin’ and they put you on the day shift”</h2> <div><h3>What I’ve read to get up to speed for “Truth Units”</h3></div> <div><p>alexbennett-ap.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*nvTHYWSfZ7LcicT-2GrzgA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="9c3f">A “mission statement” I wrote in December 2021 while still trying to articulate truth units:</p><div id="b8c8" class="link-block"> <a href="https://alexbennett-ap.medium.com/a-confession-why-im-here-21944595fc0c"> <div> <div> <h2>A Confession — Why I’m Here</h2> <div><h3>What it means for me to say “I am a writer”</h3></div> <div><p>alexbennett-ap.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*G58TVBWbs9F8IGzD5UUOuw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="c120">Questioning and focusing myself:</p><div id="bf6b" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-cry-for-help-452ed66e8525"> <div> <div> <h2>A Cry for Help</h2> <div><h3>About the partisan divide</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*VBpBhNijkMPrCuMsow0M1Q.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Truth Units: Links to All Articles

A concept of truth to cut Gordian knots

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Here are links to all “truth units” articles, updated as published.

Truth is challenging us on all sides in our “post-truth” world. Truth units facilitate working through to truth and acting on it — individually, interpersonally and socially — through a framework that makes sense philosophically and practically.

Here is the keystone Truth Units article— a summary of the truth units concept and its applicability in everyday life in 10 minutes:

Truth units in more philosophical depth:

Truth units from a more “information processing” perspective:

Truth units from an “academic philosophy” perspective:

How you can actually make practical use of truth units in everyday life:

The metaphysical side — the truth units answer to “what is reality?”:

The practical side — how our judgments, of right and wrong, true and false, can stand up to differing perspectives:

A sidebar on how truth units are “represented” in 3D space, vs the 2D space of conventional truth:

A response to an academic critique:

All the reading I’ve done over the past 20 years in philosophy, psychology and science to get to truth units:

A “mission statement” I wrote in December 2021 while still trying to articulate truth units:

Questioning and focusing myself:

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