Philosophy

The Rational Method: A Treatise on Truth and the Only Reliable Method for Attaining It

About the book

Truth is the foundation of all progress. Without truth, and the correct method to attain it, belief falls into error, action falls into disorder, and both practical and moral life decay. No medicine, science, engineering, law, discovery, or lasting moral progress is possible without reliable access to truth. The Rational Method is a short foundational treatise on truth, claims, evidence, proof, and rational truth-seeking. It argues that truth is reality, that claims are true or false according to whether they match reality, and that reality alone is the final authority in the truth-domain.

From this follows the central claim of the book: the rational method is the only reliable method for attaining truth. This treatise explains what truth is, what a claim is, what makes a claim true or false, what the rational method is, what the irrational method is, and how the rational method should be applied with rigor, honesty, and wisdom.

The work is divided into two parts. Book One lays out the structure of rational truth-seeking. Book Two gives the proofs for the core claims made in Book One.

Written in a clear, compact, and concentrated style, The Rational Method is a foundational document for anyone who wants to understand truth, method, reason, evidence, and the basis of real human progress.

Author Zak

Book familyZak Originals

CollectionPhilosophy

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