22 January 2022 Archives

How Quantity Science Emerged from Quality Science

Posted on: January 22, 2022June 25, 2023

Numbers: Truth vs. Usefulness Even as I often criticize quantity thinking, I don’t mean to say that it is completely useless. Many quantitative truths are pervasively true. 2 + 2 = 4 in all situations, for example. This truth can be used for practical purposes like counting the number of […]

LogicBinary Truth, Non-Binary Truth

Quantity and Quality Notions of Truth

Posted on: January 22, 2022June 25, 2023

Distinction Between Truth and Existence What is truth? Some people say that truth means existence. If a tree exists, then it is true. But it also means that if you think that the tree doesn’t exist, that thought is also true, because your thought exists. To allow for the distinction […]