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Rationality vs Mythology

Based on my last post, you may think that rationality is the underlying bedrock of every non-trivial thing that we say or do. It seems…

Aug 31, 2020

Rationality vs Mythology

Aug 31, 2020

Can the Truth be whatever you want?

There was a self-improvement course I remember seeing ads for that had the intriguing tagline “Create the Reality Your Prefer!”

Aug 31, 2020

Aug 31, 2020

Selves and Greedy Reductionism

The simplified view of our consciousness and our selves is not one that is typically accepted by philosophers, or at least the ones I’ve…

Aug 29, 2020

Selves and Greedy Reductionism

Aug 29, 2020

And now for something completely different…

Aug 28, 2020

And now for something completely different…

Aug 28, 2020

Free Will

It’s something that I’ve been ruminating about since high school: just how much control do we have over our lives? That got me to the more…

Aug 27, 2020

Free Will

Aug 27, 2020

Truth as Will

Nietzsche, in his notebooks, suggest a pretty radical outlook on Truth. He rejects a lot of rationalism, and even the sense of cause and…

Aug 26, 2020

Truth as Will

Aug 26, 2020

Feelings and Truth

When people talk about Truth, they come at it from two different ways, either discussing a rational, unemotional approach, or a high…

Aug 25, 2020

Feelings and Truth

Aug 25, 2020

Truth in the Time of COVID-19

Most people these days feel we are living in a time of crisis. For some (in my experience most), it’s a public health crisis. We are…

Aug 24, 2020

Truth in the Time of COVID-19

Aug 24, 2020

Truth vs What We Want

There’s a popular notion among New Age circles that we create our truths, and the world conforms to our beliefs. A somewhat weaker notion…

Aug 24, 2020

Truth vs What We Want

Aug 24, 2020

Truths We’re Afraid Of

What if there’s nothing after this life?

Aug 23, 2020

Truths We’re Afraid Of

Aug 23, 2020

Aaron

Aaron

Very interested in a wide variety of philosophical, techy, geeky, political, and economic type things, especially where these areas intersect.

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