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Does truth have intrinsic value? I contend that it does not, and that truth claims are tools that animals use to create desired effects. My working paper Truth Claims Are Instruments, which may be of interest to some here, is available on the Social Science Research Network. https://papers.ssrn.com/...

Greetings from California. (The part that's not currently in flames.) My background is cognitive science (Ph.D., communication), but I'm interested in the conjunction of that field and philosophy. I'm approaching the age-old question of whether reality exists independent of us or is something we con...