Course 3 of 14
Truth and Testimony
What You Will Gain
After this course, you will be able to classify any claim as truthful, negligent, or deceptive, and test whether a claim is decidable, undecidable, or subjective.
About This Course
Truth is testifiable testimony that survives due diligence. This course teaches you to distinguish claims from reality, classify claims by the kind of evidence they require, measure instead of guess, assemble honest testimony, and separate decidable disputes from the merely undecidable. The full arc walks from the first recognition that two people can remember differently to the truth test itself.
Curriculum
- 01
When Two People Remember Differently
Concept: Claim
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- 02
When Words Do Not Match Reality
Concept: Statements vs. Reality
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- 03
Different Kinds of Claims
Concept: Types of Claims
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- 04
The Missing Details Problem
Concept: Operational Claims
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- 05
When Evidence Settles an Argument
Concept: Evidence
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- 06
The Responsibility of Making a Claim
Concept: Due Diligence and Responsibility
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- 07
Measuring Instead of Guessing
Concept: Measurement
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- 08
The Structure of Testimony
Concept: Operational Testimony
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- 09
When Arguments Can Be Settled
Concept: Decidability
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- 10
The Truth Test
Concept: Truth as Testifiable Testimony
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Capstone Project
Select a real claim you have heard from a source you are tempted to trust. Investigate it using the full toolkit of this course: classify it, measure what can be measured, identify the testimony behind it, apply the truth test, and determine whether the claim survives due diligence. The product is a one-page finding that separates what is testifiable from what is not.
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