Some metafilosofy
From a discussion on Google+ Opening post: Massimo Pigliucci 28. okt. 2012 - Offentlig Philosophy lost its bite, says another physicist who doesn't know what he's talking about. -----------------------------…
Some quotes from Every Thing Must Go (Ladymann, Ross, and others)
every thing must go Preface This is a polemical book. One of its main contentions is that contemporary analytic metaphysics, a professional activity engaged in by some extremely intelligent…
Thoughts about SEP’s Vienna Circle + Logical Empiricism
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/vienna-circle/ http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logical-empiricism/ Vienna Circle Despite its prominent position in the rich, if fragile, intellectual culture of inter-war Vienna and most likely due to its radical doctrines, the Vienna Circle found…
Paul Graham on philosophy
http://www.paulgraham.com/philosophy.html - There are things I know I learned from studying philosophy. The most dramatic I learned immediately, in the first semester of freshman year, in a class taught by…
Graet reeding about herisy, open-miendednes, eksentrik thinking
I found dhe esae from reeding anodher tekst (very komon praktis): http://soundproofsuite1850.blogspot.com/2007/12/book-review-which-way-western-man.html Dhe abov is aktualy orlsoe worth reeding. It is a book revuew of a book with very unpopular…
Reeding material: Meta-filosofy, bad thinking and bad languaj
I hav beleevd for many years that th clarity of one's languaj corelates (both ways) very much with how clearly one thinks, hence th name of my blogs. I hav…
LessWrong: Intuitions and Philosophy
http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Intuitions_and_Philosophy This is a great series on the role of intuitions in modrn filosofy and how fruitles that aproach is. It is both siens [science] and meta-filosofy. I agree with…
Re: Philosophy: A Diseased Discipline
Link. An interesting read about meta-philosophy and what kind of philosophy is not worth reading.
A conversation about good philosophy and the lack of it
What is good philosophy, and how to tell An example "I remember someone criticizing something I posted as being too simple and homely (its virtues being that it was clear…
Philosophaster on “Persuasive power versus intellectual integrity”
I found this very nice piece on a forum. In philosophy, there is something called the "principle of charity." This is the idea that in a debate, we should address…