...reality is a system, completely ordered and fully intelligible, with which thought in its advance is more and more identifying itself. We may look at the growth of knowledge as an attempt by our mind to return to union with things as they are in their ordered wholeness. and if we take this view, our notion of truth is marked out for us. Truth is the approximation of thought to reality Its measure is the distance thought has travelled toward that intelligible system The degree of truth of a particular proposition is to be judged in the first instance by its coherence with experience as a whole, ultimately by its coherence with that further whole, all comprehensive and fully articulated, in which thought can come to rest.
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  • Experience — Learning through living, doing, and facing the world
  • Knowledge — The pursuit of learning, understanding, and intellectual growth
  • Philosophy — Deep thoughts on existence, knowledge, and the nature of reality
  • Science — Discovery, inquiry, and the wonders of the natural world
  • Truth — Meditations on honesty, authenticity, and the search for truth

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