A realistic definition of truth is that something true has to do with an accurate description of reality. This realistic, modern view of truth corresponds to the philosophical view of the Enlightenment.462
In the anti-realist, postmodern view, truths exist in the plural: truths are merely societally confirmed statements about reality, which simply means that truth is only a construct of the powerful. Alleged “truth” merely denotes a status that is conferred on certain ideas by the powerful so that as many people as possible behave conformingly because they accept this political status (truth as constructed validity).463 Every form of knowledge is considered politically conditioned.464
This political view of truth was adopted by the woke perspective from postmodern philosophy: now there exist, as a consequence of power structures, group-specific forms of knowledge through which marginalised persons have a special access to truth (see Standpoint Theory, Intersectionality, and lived experiences).465
Allegedly, dominant groups abuse their power to exclude alternative forms of knowledge. What is considered “true” is what dominant groups consider true (see epistemic violence and conspiracy theory). The connection between reality and truth is considered irrelevant (with the exception of woke basic assumptions). Even theses that are falsifiable (e.g. through natural-scientific methods) are to be considered true if they are useful for woke activism.466 Objectivity is regarded as a code word for a “heterosexual, white, Eurocentric, male viewpoint” and is therefore problematised.467
An example is the handling of the philosophy of the Maori indigenous people in New Zealand, which is to be placed on an equal footing with the natural sciences and included in curricula (physics, biology, and chemistry).468
Many of the propagated forms of knowledge can be compared with classical esotericism, which should not be recognised as objective science. Otherwise, the cosmic energies that influence our fate in astrology could also be recognised as part of physics. Since astrology is not considered marginalised knowledge, however, there have so far been no efforts to decolonise astro-physics through astrological forms of knowledge. In practice, new conflicts arise from this view of truth, as an intolerant epistemic logic is propagated.469