VII. The Triveritas in Operation
The power of the Triad of Truth is best demonstrated through application. Consider the case that Part One examined in detail: the theory of evolution by natural selection.
The claim is that random mutation, filtered by natural selection operating over geological time, suffices to explain the diversity and complexity of life. This is not a modest claim; it is the keystone of Enlightenment naturalism, the demonstration that purpose and design can be eliminated from biology, the acid that dissolves teleology and leaves only mechanism.
Apply the Triveritas......
Veriphysics changes this. It applies the triad of logic, math, and empirical data without apology, demands accountability without deference, and exposes fraud without mercy. The Enlightenment claimed reason, mathematics, and evidence as its own; as a post-Enlightenment philosophy. Veriphysics calls the bluff and demonstrates that the tradition actually held a stronger claim to reason given how the Enlightenment relied upon rhetoric in its place.