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This paper examines whether rational judgment alone can resolve the post-truth condition marked by incommunicable polarisation. Integrating Daoism with critical realism, it reveals two key insights: firstly, all views are aspectively real as they manifest different aspects of reality through varied epistemic (non)conditions; secondly, logocentric activities, including language, reason, and judgement, are confined by inherent logo-(non)capacities, as they unavoidably essentialise things with certain aspects at the expense of others, or necessitate pre-judgement for any judgement criteria. The attempt to reconcile Traditional East Asian Medicine with Modern Western Medicine demonstrates that considering epistemic (non)conditions and logo-(non)capacity negates the possibility of neutral, rational theory elimination. This underscores the limitations of rational judgment in addressing conflicts and potentially aggravating them. Finally, this paper highlights the Daoist approach ‘Response-able Awareness’ with Satir and Gendlin’s psychotherapy as modern examples for its potential to harmonise original critical realism and metaReality and navigate the post-truth landscape.