There are several kinds of truth, used and defined for the use of experts and professionals. There is logical truth with its devotion to consistency and rigor. There is science's truth, with its metaphysical naivety and its prolific success. There is pragmatic truth, which only cares about what you can do. But there is another truth that I have long desired to describe and defend, and today I found its name.
When the teachers’ truth is adopted, it allows the taught to learn beyond the scope of the truth itself. The teachers' truth often looks like a shadow of some higher truth to those who have developed beyond the lesson at hand. It is often critiqued for its failings, for its charisma or lack of substance. The teachers' truth is the kind of truth that leads to understanding that helps you make sense of things. It is not tied to experimental success or being unassailable by any argument. The question for this truth is this: Are the people you believed you better off dealing with the subject at hand or not?
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