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Reason is not necessarily seeking for knowledge of reality, which might be passively waiting to be discovered. But in the human world reality and discovery are dynamic forces and processes not independent of each other.

Primitive societies fail to distinguish between thoughts and realities. Philosophy helps to establish the nature and existence of reality, (ontology) and explain how it can be known (epistemology).

The Correspondence Theory of Truth. Facts must be independent of statements that refer to them. Facts are the criteria by which the statements are to be judged. Facts are true regardless of statements.

Ch 1 - Thinking & Reality. Open Society is based upon the idea that our understanding of the world is inherently imperfect. If we recognize our fallibility we gain a better understanding of reality without ever attaining perfect knowledge.