Category Archives: Epistemology

The Knowledge Triad

This is an example of every node of a harmonic triad also being triadic.

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The Three Questions

The Three Fundamental/Essential Questions Two more versions of the same set of questions: “Why is there something rather than nothing?”  “Is change an illusion?” // Can people change? “What is the meaning of life?”  *** What is it? How does it … Continue reading

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Seeing Beauty in Science, Calling it Good

https://copilot.microsoft.com/shares/8Yi1kfd6LkCWY1skXDHbT MORE. (indexed below the following index) Index of Topics Covered in First Link Copilot: Here’s a clean, compact index of the scientific domains we’ve covered so far, each interpreted through the Red–Blue–Yellow triadic metaphysical logic. I’ll keep it brief, … Continue reading

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UNITY‑IN‑DISTINCTION AS A METAPHYSICAL LOGIC

Articulated with the immeasurably helpful assistance of Copilot (read discussion). See Aquinas as an example (including AQUINAS VS. WILLIAM LANE CRAIG ON DIVINE SIMPLICITY). UNITY‑IN‑DISTINCTION AS A METAPHYSICAL LOGIC Being △ Action △ Quality as a Unified, Irreducible, Mutually‑Implicating Structure … Continue reading

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Harmonic Triads Reference, Current Index

This index is not exhaustive, but current as of October 2025: The first fallacy: Ought-Value or Action-Quality Conflation On the impossibility of knowing a true tenseless fact without omnitemporality (read all the comments) Elaborating on C Theory Logic Venn (of Opposition/Reconciliation) C Theory … Continue reading

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The first fallacy: Ought-Value or Action-Quality Conflation

The first fallacy in philosophy, and not just the philosophy of ethics, is neither just the is-ought fallacy, nor just the failure to respect the fact-value distinction, but the fallacy of confusing the former for the latter: conflating oughts and values. This is relevant across every field, not just ethics, because it boils down and adds up to confusing action and quality. Together with the is/fact (substance) element from the first two fallacies, these three elements constitute the is-ought-value distinction, or the substance, action, quality triad. All three are required to obtain true, justified belief (knowledge) about anything, in any field of philosophy (including all the sciences). They are required together, but distinctly. One cannot stand in for either of the others.

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Jesus’ “State of the Kingdom” Address

Jesus’ “State of the Kingdom” Address: Good News of the Kingdom: Costly Grace https://a.co/d/6iE6IbX Google Doc | Index | Discussion Questions These are the words of Jesus found in the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke/Acts, and John), and in Paul’s first … Continue reading

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Elaborating on C Theory

“The end is hypothetical while you are advancing towards or falling away from it. The end is hyperthetical once you have reached it.” (C Theory and the Venn of Import) That was END. Now let’s talk about NOW, relative to … Continue reading

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C Theory of Time & the Venn of Import

First, an introduction of C Theory and the Venn of Import, then an explanation of how C Theory is distinct from and resolves conflicts arising from A and B theories, using the Venn (or Harmonic Triad) of Import. This is … Continue reading

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“Euthyphro”-type Dilemma of Language Ability and Learning

Does what is encoded (the pious/good) get our attention, or is it that what we attend to (the loved/valued) gets encoded? Continue reading

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