PatternChaser

PatternChaser , 4 months ago to philosophy

It seems to me that useful thinking combines #analytic and #intuitive #thinking, and any other style we can come up with, as needed. Horses for courses! 😃

https://theconversation.com/conspiracy-theorists-seem-to-favour-an-intuitive-thinking-style-heres-why-thats-important-222303

@philosophy

PatternChaser OP , 4 months ago

@Blob_Calder @philosophy

Yes. I also think his division of thought into two types or styles is ... incomplete. "Intuitive" thought covers (IMO) many different ways of thinking, of which knee-jerk, fight-or-flight, thinking is only one.

I think the author is focussing on conspiracy theories, and hasn't given sufficient thought (😆) to his divisions of thought.

Also, there are clear similarities to Kahneman's fast and slow thinking, although he doesn't mention it.

analyticus , 8 months ago to philosophyofmind

More than argument, logic is the very structure of reality

The patterns of reality

Some have thought that logic will one day be completed and all its problems solved. Now we know it is an endless task

https://aeon.co/essays/more-than-argument-logic-is-the-very-structure-of-reality

#logic #reality #argument #arguments @philosophy #philosophy @philosophie @philosophyofmind

PatternChaser , 8 months ago

@analyticus @philosophy @philosophie @philosophyofmind

"Logic" is used to carry many different, but associated, meanings. Its formal meaning usually refers to the discipline that allows us to examine an argument, and conclude that its structure is such that it can deliver a deduced and reliable conclusion when provided with sound premises.

In everyday usage, we often say "logic" when we are actually referring to Reason. I blame Mr Spock for that... 😐

#Logic #Reason #Philosophy

PatternChaser , 8 months ago

@analyticus @philosophy @philosophie @philosophyofmind

I think it is often mistaken to refer to Logic or Reason, but only because the two are so intimately associated. That, and it isn't always clear where one ends and the other begins.

It would be more useful to have a word like "Rea-gic", that carries both meanings at the same time...? 🤔

lisabortolotti , 8 months ago to philosophy

How I spent World Philosophy Day this year... https://lisabortolotti.blogspot.com/2023/11/world-philosophy-day-2023.html @philosophy

PatternChaser , 8 months ago

@lisabortolotti @philosophy Sadly I didn't know about World #Philosophy Day until I saw your toot. 😥

cbontenbal , 10 months ago to philosophy Dutch

I find myself not understanding the concept of atheism. Who wants to explain it to me in a coherent way for a beginner? With a metaphysical substantiation please, if that is at all possible.

#atheism #theism #philosophy #religion #metaphysics @philosophy

PatternChaser , 9 months ago

@EdwardJCornwell @lack @msteenhagen @Drew @philippsteinkrueger @spencer @cbontenbal @philosophy

But ... almost nothing can actually be proved, n'est ce pas?

PatternChaser , 9 months ago

@Drew @cbontenbal @philosophy

All of the above, and the rest too! All show aspects of the one ineffable God, so I respect them all. Doesn't everyone? 😉

PatternChaser , 9 months ago

@lack @EdwardJCornwell @msteenhagen @Drew @philippsteinkrueger @spencer @cbontenbal @philosophy

"everything I "know" inside the model is only "true" if the unfounded assumption at the bottom is true."

All logical systems rely on axioms, which are unfounded assumptions. See #Godel, et al.

PatternChaser , 9 months ago

@SusanHR @lack @EdwardJCornwell @msteenhagen @Drew @philippsteinkrueger @spencer @cbontenbal @philosophy

...seem to occur?