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Questions about reality and different kinds of reality claims, including physical reality, subjective experience, social reality, perceived reality, spiritual claims, objective truth, illusion, imagination, symbolism, and whether something is real, constructed, unknown, or false.
Life after death is one of the deepest human questions. It is connected to grief, fear, justice, identity, religion and hope. A reasoned approach must treat the subject seriously without pretending to know more than the evidence allows.
Origins questions ask where life, the universe, humans, morality, consciousness and belief systems come from. These questions are important, but they must be separated carefully because not all origin claims are the same kind of claim.
The word gods can refer to creator beings, personal deities, spirits, symbols, cosmic principles, tribal protectors, moral authorities or imagined beings. Before judging claims about gods, it is necessary to ask what kind of claim is being made.
Philosopher · Traditionally c. 369–286 BCE · Daoist philosophy, perspective, language, freedom, change and naturalness
Zhuangzi was an influential Daoist philosopher whose associated text uses stories and paradox to question certainty, rigid distinctions and conventional values.
Yes. A claim can be true even before humans prove it. But until there is enough evidence, we should not treat it as established knowledge.
Science does not simply prove there are no gods in every possible sense. It can, however, test many specific claims made about gods, miracles, origins, healing, revelation and the physical world.
Some religions describe evil as supernatural, but many forms of evil can be understood through human behaviour, psychology, institutions, fear, greed, obedience, ideology and dehumanisation.
Fear of death is understandable. A reasoned response is not to pretend death is easy, but to examine what is feared and how that fear affects life.
Reality is what exists or is true whether or not we want it to be so. But humans also experience personal, social, symbolic and imagined realities that must be carefully distinguished.
Evidence supports or weakens a claim. Proof is a stronger standard where the evidence is sufficient to justify accepting the claim as established for a given purpose.
Many arguments fail because people use the same word in different ways. Truth By Reason needs careful definitions before conclusions.
Findings and Implications are separated so that the site does not confuse what appears true with what may follow if it is true.
Truth By Reason uses confidence and probability because many important claims are not honestly handled by pretending everything is either absolutely certain or completely unknowable.