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Re:Six Signs of Scientism (2009) [pdf] by generalpass on Sunday May 10, 2020 @03:08PM (#23135188)
I took the usage of "truth" in that quote to mean a philosophical truth, which I understand to be rather different from the way you are using that word.

In consideration, I just discovered this article, which I haven't read completely but seems to at least partially address this:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/truth/

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Re:Six Signs of Scientism (2009) [pdf] by hprotagonist on Sunday May 10, 2020 @03:47PM (#23135504)
no, i mean capital-T philosophy truth too. Empirical, capital-s Science isn’t specially well-equipped to investigate it, and the philosophy of science is long and interesting reading.
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