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analyticus , 5 months ago to philosophy

11 Philosophical Razors to Simplify Your Life.

Philosophical razors simplify decision-making by “shaving off” possibilities and explanations with a low probability of being useful or true. Every day we’re confronted with vast amounts of information and problems that are begging for evaluation and solutions. The ability to eliminate unlikely ones by way of taking mental shortcuts is a uniquely human superpower.

https://themindcollection.com/philosophical-razors

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analyticus , 7 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

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analyticus , 8 months ago to philosophyofmind

Since when is philosophy a branch of the self-help industry?

The discipline today finds itself precariously balanced between incomprehensible specialisation and cheap self-help

https://aeon.co/essays/since-when-is-philosophy-a-branch-of-the-self-help-industry

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analyticus , 10 months ago to philosophy

What Was the Fact?

Facts, like telescopes and wigs for gentlemen, were a seventeenth-century invention.

Centuries ago, our society buried profound differences of conscience, ideas, and faith, and in their place erected facts, which did not seem to rise or fall on pesky political and philosophical questions. But the power of facts is now waning, not because we don’t have enough of them but because we have so many.

https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/what-was-the-fact

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analyticus , 10 months ago to philosophy

Existentialism.

What makes a good life? Existentialists believed we should embrace freedom and authenticity.

In the 20th century Jean-Paul Sartre was a key figure in existentialism:

🔗 https://theconversation.com/what-makes-a-good-life-existentialists-believed-we-should-embrace-freedom-and-authenticity-204364

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analyticus , 10 months ago to philosophy

Karl Popper's Paradox of Tolerance:

If everyone is tolerant of every idea, then intolerant ideas will emerge. Tolerant people will tolerate this intolerance, and the intolerant people will not tolerate the tolerant people. Eventually, the intolerant people will take over and create a society of intolerance. Therefore, Popper said, to maintain a society of tolerance, the tolerant must be intolerant of intolerance…

More:
🔗 https://markmanson.net/the-paradox-of-tolerance

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