The elimination of effortful judgment erases the distinction between truth and falsehood

Evidence

In criticizing other cultural critics such as Lukacs or Veblen, Adorno was always careful to single out any traces of reductionism he detected in their work. One frequent manifestation of such reductionism was the dismissal of appearances as totally insubstantial, a fallacy that he also noted in philosophical phenomenology. “As the refiction of truth,” he wrote, “appearances are dialectical; to reject all appearance is to fall completely under its sway, since truth is abandoned with the rubble without which it cannot appear.” — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 552 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Acting as if a belief were true produces the same actions as actual truth; Rejecting all appearance as false illusion leads to losing truth itself — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 552; Recursive strategic deception can erase any determinate truth about intentions. (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Rejecting all appearance as false illusion leads to losing truth itself #contradicts (0.80) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 552
• Recursive strategic deception can erase any determinate truth about intentions. #exemplifies (0.75)
• Truth serum torture destroys victims’ capacity to distinguish true from false #exemplifies (0.72)
• Shared belief renders delusion indistinguishable from truth #exemplifies (0.72) — Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, The Worm at the Core, 497
• Undifferentiated power conflates truth with decision-making authority #exemplifies (0.72)