Leiter and Weisberg do see a more substantial challenge in Nagel's skepticism about evolutionary explanations for our ability to discern truth in ethics, logic and math.
Within one jellybean of the true number, you can't discern truth from falsehood.
(This is why Facebook has been testing the use of a "satire" tag on shared news stories – Facebook users apparently have difficulty discerning truth from bias and falsehoods).
Logic is the art of discerning truth from falsehood and of making and judging arguments (ISW I 1.1; IGP I 1.1).
The Chinese may value direct conversation more precisely because it's the best way to discern truth in a system without trustworthy media. .
And while the struggle to discern truth from fiction has been happening, in various iterations, for centuries, differentiating between the two has become harder and harder with the advent of the internet.
Americans also have a tendency to confuse the existence of a free press — their freedom to read a nearly infinite number of unregulated media outlets — with their ability to discern truth from those sources.
Previously, he looked into the arduous life of a restaurant delivery guy in Take Out, now, with Prince of Broadway, he's casting light on the people who hawk counterfeit fashion to the gullible and the not-so-gullible, and how that market affects their ability to discern truth from fiction.
Instead of learning to discern truth on your own and formulate your own beliefs, you're told what to believe.
A detective's knack for discerning truth-telling from lying is invaluable, he said.
