Truth

The goal of math and science is to seek out and discover Truth.

There are a myriad scientific disciplines: earth science, physics, chemistry, political science, biology, mechanics, engineering, psychology, etc. etc. Each has its own style, its own culture, and has a different way to dissect this eartly experience and look at specific parts to discover what is true.

However, there is much debate and opinion about what is true. To cut through the confusion, it is necessary to have a standard, or measuring stick with which we can judge truth. This is your Core Book. For example, in America before 1960, the most popular core books where the Bible and the Declaration of Independance.

Things to Consider

• Before / after (temporal truth)
• Absolute / relative
• Belief / superstition / truth
• science vs. religion
• value of truth (e.g. prediction)
• limits of truth?

Stories

• Thales and the Donkey
• Blind men and the Elephant

Systems

Ways to learn truth (C. S. Lewis)

1. Personal experience
2. Historical evidence or Testimony of others
3. Feelings / Revelation
4. Logic, Reasoning

Decartes 20 Rules for the Direction of the Mind